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The project will increase the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities and reading difficulties in society by translating texts into easy to read language. The project helps the target group to understand their rights and opportunities and reduces vulnerability. NGO Vaimupuu shows possibility to involve different organisations in order to improve the life of the target group. NGO Vaimupuu in cooperation with the Social Insurance Board and NGO Ökotark translates 60 pages of texts into easy to read Estonian and Russian languages. Texts are received as input from the Social Insurance Board and translated with involvement of the expert and target group. There are 6 welfare institutions that will be visited, where the comprehensibility of the texts will be tested. Descriptions of social services in easy to read language help target group to understand their rights and opportunities and reduce their vulnerability. Inclusion and networking empower target group to be active and independent members of society. NGO Vaimupuu increases its role as a promoter of easy language. The Social Insurance Board place the completed texts on its website, where it will be available to the general public. More than a million readers visit the Social Insurance Board''s website every year.