CEDETi UC's Texto Claro — Making Chile's 2022 Constitutional Text Cognitively Accessible

CEDETi UC (Centro de Desarrollo de Tecnologías de Inclusión) is a centre at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, in Santiago, that develops accessibility methodologies including 'Texto Claro' (Plain Text) and 'Lectura Fácil' (Easy Read).
Ahead of Chile's binding constitutional referendum of 4 September 2022, CEDETi UC, working with Universidad de los Andes, adapted four chapters of the draft constitution — on general principles, fundamental rights, nature and the environment, and democratic participation — into Texto Claro, simplifying sentence structure and explaining technical and legal terms while aiming to preserve the content's substance.
Separately, CEDETi UC runs an ongoing Lectura Fácil service that adapts documents into Easy Read and validates them with readers who have intellectual disabilities, and it offers a recurring paid training course in the methodology, with discounts for people with disabilities. No independent study measuring how many citizens used the constitutional Texto Claro version, or whether it changed comprehension or voting behaviour, has been published; the evidence available describes the methodology and institutional process rather than measured outcomes.

Read the full analysis: https://www.cedeti.cl/nuestros-servicios/texto-claro/