*Rio de Janeiro nourished the First Latin American Conference on Easy Language – Right to communication, information and participation, on 29 and 30 October 2025*.
✨ Given the conference’s innovative and highly practical nature, a dedicated series of concrete checklists felt necessary.
✨ This is a non-official and non-exhaustive checklist, but a useful guide to what truly matters in Easy-to-understand, Easy Language and inclusive access to the right to information discussed during the conference.
✨ Key steps from all panels will be published gradually, starting with the Opening.
Five core messages from the Opening Panel
1. Simple language is democracy in practice
· Clear, accessible communication strengthens transparency, participation, and trust.
· It must be designed into all public communication, not added as an exception.
2. Inclusion requires accessible communication for all
· Cognitive accessibility is part of CRPD compliance and must include Easy Language, simple language, Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), and multimodal supports.
· Representation and validation by diverse public, including users and self-advocates from underrepresented and marginalised groups, particularly persons with intellectual disabilities, are essential.
3. Equity must shape the future of technology and AI
· Everyone must be able to understand, participate in, and influence technological development.
· Technology should close inequalities, not widen them.
4. Regional collaboration builds strength
· Latin American and Ibero-American cooperation, rooted in shared language and culture, accelerates inclusive policy and practice.
· Networks grounded in lived experience, families, and community organisations are leading change from the ground up.
5. Communication is a Human Right
· Easy-to-understand information is fundamental to accessing other rights: health, work, justice, emergencies, independent living, and social participation.
· UN Resolution A/RES/77/240 reinforces this global commitment.
Speakers to the Opening
@AnnaPaulaFeminella, @MariaAntôniaGoulart, @AnaLucíaArellano, Paola Hebe Jelonche, @GabrielaMartinez, Mónica Cortés Avilés, @NataliaFarias.
Further information: https://lnkd.in/eHsA8FHC
Thank you Patricia Almeida for making it happen, and @LaísSilveiraCosta, @MariaAntoniaGoulart, and @AnnaPaulaFeminella for making it possible!
(Queridas panelistas, siéntanse en libertad de corregir o complementar cualquier parte de este resumen).
