Karolina Ruta-Korytowska ^* Marta Wrześniewska-Pietrzak

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Literature for all in Poland? Opportunities and challenges of easy to read standard in special education for the d/Deaf students in primary schoolpreliminary remarks 1. Standard easy to read -what it is and for whom? In the context of access to literature and educationIn Poland, the first easy to read and understand text was published in 2002 in the journal "Społeczeństwo dla Wszystkich," issued by the Polish Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (PSOUU) 1 . This association is the most active organization in Poland utilizing the easy to read (ETR) standard for communication with audiences and has been preparing publications in the "Biblioteka self-adwokata" series. In 2010, PSONI, a member of Inclusion Europe, translated the European standards for preparing easy-to-read texts (Information for All) 2 into Polish. Currently, plain language appears more frequently in the public communication than easy language. Many public administration units are changing their communication models with audiences 3 . However, despite the existence of relevant legal regulations 4 , few of them implement the easy to read standard. There are still no widely available and commonly used standards in Poland that have been tailored to the specifics of the Polish language (including its syntax, inflection, etc.). Easy to read and understand texts that 1 Today, it is known as the Polish Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities -PSONI. 2 Information for All. European Standards for Preparing Easy-to-Read and Understand Texts, translated by Magdalena Boruc, Polish Association for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Warsaw: Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Persons with Disabilities, 2010. Additionally, there is a publication titled Easy to Read and Understand Text: Guidelines for Creating and Using Educational and Exercise Materials, prepared by PSONI in 2021 as part of the initiative "I read and I know -Easy to Read Texts in Schools". This document includes the development and dissemination of educational and exercise materials in an easy to read format, guidelines for their creation and use with students, and recommendations for implementing these solutions into school practice.