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“Which of you are blind?” - This is how Marco starts our workshop for sighted and blind people who want to learn more about Braille.

Communication is something that does not always work. A technological device for thought transmission has not yet been brought to market, which is why we rely on LANGUAGE to communicate complex thoughts.

The second contact on the list picks up on the first ring. I make an appointment, and the next morning Daniel arrives in his modern van to pick up a piece of furniture I bought cheaply from the other end of town.

Most people have probably already heard of “plain language” and, when they received their last letter from the tax office, may have wondered why general comprehensibility is not also a worthwhile goal for the authorities.

At Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, or more precisely at the Dresden regional broadcasting center, many people in different professions work to ensure that news is broadcast over the airwaves day after day, evening after evening. Experts explain the challenges of communicating in an integrative and inclusive way, where this is already successful and where obstacles to communication and understanding repeatedly arise in everyday public life.