Selkokeskus — Finland's National Centre for Easy Language and Cognitive Digital Accessibility

Selkokeskus, the Finnish Centre for Easy Language, was founded in 2000 and is run by Kehitysvammaliitto (the Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities). It is funded by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health through the proceeds of the state betting agency Veikkaus.
Its own research estimates that 11–14% of Finland's population — over 800,000 people, including people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, memory disorders or aphasia, language learners and people who are socially marginalised — need easy-to-understand ('Easy Finnish') content to deal with authorities. Selkokeskus trains writers, awards a SELKO quality symbol to compliant publications, publishes the Selkosanomat newspaper, and develops accessibility indicators such as the Easy Finnish Indicator 2.0.
Following its guidance, public bodies including the social insurance agency Kela and the Finnish Tax Administration have added plain-language content to their digital services, and Selkokeskus has received the Ministry of Justice's Democracy Award for this work. Independent researchers still note that plain-language content remains unevenly available across public digital services, so coverage — while growing — is not yet universal.

Read the full analysis: https://selkokeskus.fi/in-english/about-us/