Welcome to this page

This page is a place to find links to other organisations and websites that have accessible information on certain topics.

Some of the links are to information that is written in an easy read way.

Some of the links are to videos.

We have grouped information under different headings to try to make it easier to find.

The headings are written alphabetically so it starts at 'A' and follows through the alphabet.

Some information could have been listed under different headings.

For example we have a heading called work but some people might have thought that information should be under a topic heading called jobs.

If you cannot see what you were looking for under the topic heading you expected try looking under different headings as it might be there.

Just to let you know the website links written below are not DAD websites or information they have made.

The information is from outside the organisation and is not regulated by DAD

A

Abuse

Here is a video about abuse. It explains what abuse can be. There are also some workbooks - Abuse is bad | Speakup Main Website (opens in a new tab)

Also, look under the heading online safety for information on keeping safe when using the Internet

Accessible Information - Accessible information is information that you can understand

Accessible Information Standard - YouTube (opens in a new tab) (Video has subtitles and British Sign Language)

Why is accessible information important? - YouTube (opens in a new tab) (Video is subtitled)

Also look under the heading How to make Information Accessible

Access to Work

Look under the heading called work for information about the government Access to Work scheme.

Advance Care Planning

Thinking about your health and care if you are very ill or dying - PowerPoint Presentation (opens in a new tab)

Advocacy

Advocacy is.... (opens in a new tab)

Advocacy is not..... (opens in a new tab)

Alcohol

Here is a video about drinking alcohol. There is a workbook too - Alcohol | Speakup Main Website (opens in a new tab)

Anaesthetic (Getting put to Sleep at Hospital or Dentist)

LN005771.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Annual Health Checks

Annual Health Checks (opens in a new tab)

Annual Health Checks (Video) (opens in a new tab)

Video from people who have had an annual health check Don't Miss Out - our stories (opens in a new tab)

What is an Annual Health Check and What happens when you have one - Annual Health Checks | Mencap | Easy Read (opens in a new tab)

Anxiety

www.cntw.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Anxiety-ER-final.-2022.-docx.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Autism

Video - What is Autism? (opens in a new tab)

B

Having a Baby - look under the heading of Pregnancy

Banking

Look under the heading called money for information about banks and banking.

Benefits and Entitlements

Employments and Support Allowance (ESA)

An introduction to New Style Employment and Support Allowance An introduction to New Style Employment and Support Allowance (opens in a new tab)

After you apply for New Style Employment and Support Allowance After you apply for New Style Employment and Support Allowance (Easy Read) (opens in a new tab)

Keeping up-to-date with New Style Employment and Support Allowance Keeping up-to-date with New Style Employment and Support Allowance (opens in a new tab)

Personal Independent Payment (PIP)

Get help from Personal Independence Payment Get help from Personal Independence Payment (Easy Read) (opens in a new tab)

How to claim Personal Independence Payment How to claim Personal Independence Payment (Easy Read) (opens in a new tab)

Supporting information for Personal Independence Payment Supporting information for Personal Independence Payment (Easy Read) (opens in a new tab)

What to expect at your Personal Independence Payment assessment What to expect at your Personal Independence Payment assessment (Easy Read) (opens in a new tab)

Important things to know about our Personal Independence Payment decision Important things to know about our Personal Independence Payment decision (Easy Read) (opens in a new tab)

Books Beyond Words

Word free picture stories that help people understand and communicate their feelings, learn about new experiences and tell their own stories. Here is a link to the website.- Beyond Words (booksbeyondwords.co.uk) (opens in a new tab)

Here is a link to a video about Books Beyond Words - Why Books Beyond Words Are in Pictures (youtube.com) (opens in a new tab)

Bullying

A leaflet about what bullying is and what can be done about it - https://s33156.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/bullying-easy-read-leaflet.pdf (opens in a new tab)

C

Cancer Support

Audio books by MacMillian Cancer Support about cancer, managing pain, financial help and much more www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/stories-and-media/audiobooks (opens in a new tab)

Easy read information about lots of things to do with cancer. It has information about tests to check if a person has cancer or not. These tests can also be called screening. All resources | Macmillan Cancer Support (opens in a new tab)

Free downloadable books on getting cancer tests (screening) www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk/resources-dl (opens in a new tab) These are books with drawings and no words.

Book to buy www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk/bookshop/p/getting-on-with-cancer-1 (opens in a new tab) This book has drawings and no words. It shows information from visiting the doctor to ways cancer can be treated.

Microsoft Word - Cancer Red Flag Symptoms Poster (opens in a new tab)

Citizenship

Video - 7 Keys of Citizenship Wendy Perez and Simon Duffy www.youtube.com/watch?v=avnKfGJm81k&t=4s (opens in a new tab)

Book - 7 Keys of Citizenship Wendy Perez and Simon Duffy www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31747115823 (opens in a new tab) or Everyday Citizenship: Seven Keys to a Life Well Lived by Duffy, Simon | eBay (opens in a new tab)

Complaints

Easy read guidance and a form to make a complaint, raise a concern or give feedback about health, education or social care - www.speakup.org.uk/_files/ugd/7b2ad3_a57138a79b614b04961dccefbfcb1e58.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Easy read complaints, concern or feedback form to use for health, education and social care - www.speakup.org.uk/_files/ugd/7b2ad3_691966068ffb4499b41a00196dbdd155.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Guidance and a form to make a complaint, raise a concern or give feedback about health, education or social care written particularly for Autistic people www.speakup.org.uk/_files/ugd/7b2ad3_486c5d675e1b4ba7b52d3b6d261a5846.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Complaints, concern or feedback form to use for health, education and social care written particularly for Autistic people www.speakup.org.uk/_files/ugd/7b2ad3_f005d01093154179a3a5d12369f76d41.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Easy read complaints procedure for DAD click here (opens in a new tab)

Computers

Look under the heading Online Safety

Coronavirus or Covid

COVID-19 Vaccination Easy-Read Leaflets (GOV.UK) (opens in a new tab)

Information about Coronavirus (opens in a new tab)

How Coronavirus has affected people with learning impairments and autism (opens in a new tab)

Coronavirus: Why we have added people with Down’s syndrome to the high risk list (Department of Health and Social Care) (opens in a new tab)

Self Isolation for people living alone(NHS Oxford Health, March 2020) (opens in a new tab)

What is a pandemic? (opens in a new tab)

Handwashing (opens in a new tab)

Infection Control - Part 1 (opens in a new tab)

Infection Control - Part 2 (opens in a new tab)

What is PPE? (opens in a new tab)

Disposing of PPE (opens in a new tab)

Constipation

Look under the heading Poo

Cooking

CookABILITY - Accessible tasty recipes and videos (opens in a new tab)

Recipes and Food Safety Tips (opens in a new tab)

Cost of Living

Darlington Connect, in Darlington town centre can give Cost of Living advice: Darlington Connect Cost of Living Leaflet (opens in a new tab)

Climate Change

Check out this website that has some information about What is Climate Change?, What is Climate? What will happen because of climate change? and Climate Action: top tips Easy Read by Innovate Trust (opens in a new tab)

Crime

Scams - How to protect yourself from scams | Mencap | Easy Read (opens in a new tab)

Learn how to use the internet safely - PowerPoint Presentation (opens in a new tab)

Hate Crime -hate_crime_leaflet_2016 easy read (opens in a new tab)

Also, look under the heading Prison

D

Damp and Mould in the home

This is a video link about damp and mould - Condensation, Damp and Mould - Look Ahead (opens in a new tab)

ISL146 23 ER Advice leaflet damp and mould_NEW (opens in a new tab)

Dentist

A video for people with learning impairments showing a visit to the dentist (NHS England) (opens in a new tab)

Katrina goes to the Dentist - www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/easy-read-katrinas-dentist-story.pdf?fbclid=IwAR11eTxm1t4HLQQD3ZLBB3z7Xa7_4qkCgG7UM7y0BsurPWbK1pjmYpaEBJ0 (opens in a new tab)

Lots of information and videos for parents and families of young Autistic children - Home | toothPASTE Study (opens in a new tab)

Diabetes

This is about diabetes Type 2 Layout 1 (opens in a new tab)

Direct Payment Information

Budgets and direct payments.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Recruiting a Personal Assistant - ISL205 19 ER PA Booklet 1_FINAL_WEB ACC_easy read 020920 new (opens in a new tab)

Before your personal assistant starts working for you - ISL205 19 ER PA Booklet 2_FINAL_WEB ACC_easy read 020920 new (opens in a new tab)

Managing your personal assistant and helping them learn ISL205 19 ER PA Booklet 3_FINAL_WEB ACC_easy read 020920 new (opens in a new tab)

Sorting out problems with your Personal Assistant (support worker) ISL205 19 ER PA Booklet 4_FINAL_WEB ACC_easy read 020920 new (opens in a new tab)

Dying

How you might feel if you are dying - How-you-might-feel-if-you-are-dying.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Thinking about your health and care if you are very ill or dying - www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/universal-principles-for-advance-care-planning-easy-read.pdf (opens in a new tab)

What might happen in the last few days of life and what might help you feel more comfortable - The-last-few-days.pdf (opens in a new tab)

A video about talking about dying. How to think about your rights and what you would want - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv-8Sdbye6A (opens in a new tab)

Stages of grief - how you might feel when something sad or difficult happens like losing someone who is important or a pet - PowerPoint Presentation (opens in a new tab)

What words about death and dying mean - PowerPoint Presentation (opens in a new tab)

This is a book to buy called When someone dies - www.booksbeyondwords.co.uk/bookshop/p/when-somebody-dies (opens in a new tab) This book has drawings and no words.

Also look under the headings of Funeral and Wills

Lots of videos, booklets and activity booklets from People First Merseyside about dying, will writing, organ donation, cancer red flags and more Free Resources - People First Merseyside (opens in a new tab)

E

Emergency Alert on Mobile Phones

How emergency alerts works - YouTube (opens in a new tab) Video

Emergency Health Care Plan

Video about an emergency health care plan. It explains what it is and when you might want or need one www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbnZJO2AmT4 (opens in a new tab)

Energy Saving Tips

ISL218 14 ER Energy Tips (cse.org.uk) (opens in a new tab)

How to stay warm for less - ISL180 24 ER How to stay warm for less (opens in a new tab)

How to keep cold air out of your home - ISL180 24 ER Simple DIY Draught Proofing (opens in a new tab)

Getting the best from your solar panels - ISL203 23 ER Solar Panels_1 (opens in a new tab)

Tips on how to save energy and money at home - ISL218 14 ER Energy Tips (opens in a new tab)

Using a night storage heater - ISL200 14 Storage Heaters EasyRead (opens in a new tab)

Employment and Support Allowance

Look under the heading Benefits and Entitlements

Employing a Personal Assistant or Support Worker

Employing a Personal Assistant - ISL205 19 ER PA Booklet 1_FINAL_WEB ACC_easy read 020920 new (opens in a new tab)

Look under the heading Direct Payments

Eyes

What is a cataract www.seeability.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/What_is_a_cataract_-_April_2019.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Glaucoma www.seeability.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/Glaucoma_-_April_2019.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Having an eye test www.seeability.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/Having%20an%20eye%20test%20-%20April%2022.pdf (opens in a new tab)

How to use eye drops www.seeability.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Eye%20Drops%20-%20Oct%2021.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Equality and Disability Action Plans 2019-2014

Action Plan 2019-2014 Easy Read Guide (Department of Health) (opens in a new tab)

F

Friendships and Relationships

www.learningdisabilitydevon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/YW2FR-Booklet-updated1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1XFGLZ9ZVi9VBvwofUNUu23NQul7tGD-LNzpKEBXmbDq2vPkBNsr6ohQU (opens in a new tab)

www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/relationships-and-sex (opens in a new tab)

Funeral

An easy read booklet about what a funeral is, what might happen and other ways of remembering someone who has died - mac16311-er-e04-going-to-funeral-pdf (macmillan.org.uk) (opens in a new tab)

Thinking about your funeral mac16344-thinking-about-your-funeral-e04 (macmillan.org.uk) (opens in a new tab)

G

Gas and Electric

How to read your meters - ISL218 14 ER Reading your meter (opens in a new tab)

How much electricity am I using? - ISL253 23 ER What uses watt (opens in a new tab)

Very high gas or electricity bills - ISL253 23 ER High energy bills (opens in a new tab)

General Election - 4th July 2024

What is a General Election | Mencap (opens in a new tab)

What is voting? | Mencap (opens in a new tab)

Grief

Stages of grief - how you might feel when something sad or difficult happens like losing someone who is important or a pet PowerPoint Presentation (opens in a new tab)

Also, look under the heading of Dying

H

Health Information

Annual Health Checks Annual Health Checks (Video) (opens in a new tab)

How to look after my balls - How+to+look+After+My+Balls.pdf (squarespace.com) (opens in a new tab)

Breast (Boobs) Screening - This is a leaflet about getting your breasts or boobs checked - An+Easy+Guide+to+Breast+Screening+-+2021.pdf (squarespace.com) (opens in a new tab)

Constipation - look under the heading called poo.

Cancer - look under the heading called cancer.

Diabetes - look under the heading called diabetes

Emergency Health Care Plan - look under the heading called emergency health care plan

Easy Health (opens in a new tab) Easy read information about lots of different health topics

Eye information - see under the heading of eyes

Flu Flu - How does the flu jab work (NHS poster) (opens in a new tab) Seasonal Flu (NHS poster) (opens in a new tab)

Flu is caused by different sorts of germs. Seasonal flu happens each winter and spreads very easily from person to person.

Heart Here is a booklet called Keep your Heart Healthy. It has some information about cholesterol too - http://www.bhf.org.uk/-/media/images/information-support/how-a-healthy-heart-works/keep-your-heart-healthy-in-easy-read.pdf?rev=6f19e4805f6544e885ea1b9c673d06e6 (opens in a new tab)

NHS England Easy Read Newsletters (opens in a new tab)

In this (opens in a new tab) newsletter you can find out about:

Lung cancer – signs of lung cancer and what to do if you see them
Smoking and e-cigarettes (vaping) – tips to help you, your friends or family stop smoking
Healthy eating – what healthy eating is, and why it is important to eat well
NHS App – what the NHS App is and how you get it

Hepatitis - 002-what-is-hepatitis.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Hot Weather:

/_library/files/Misc/Beat_the_heat_staying_safe_in_hot_weather_EASY_RE.pdf (opens in a new tab)

002-coping-in-the-heatwave.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Macmillian Cancer Support easy read information All resources | Macmillan Cancer Support (opens in a new tab)

Pain Let me tell you about my pain - Learning Disability Service (opens in a new tab)

Poo - Look under the heading called Poo

Planning for your health and care if you are very ill or dying look under the heading Dying

Smear Test is also known as cervical screening - CSP05_easy_guide_to_cervical_screening__July_25.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Stroke - What are the signs of a stroke www.bild.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stroke-PHE-leaflet.pdf (opens in a new tab)

What happens when you ring 111? - This is a link to a video about what happens when you ring 111 - What happens when you call NHS 24 on 111? - YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Lots of easy read written information about going into hospital and health conditions Patient resources - Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (opens in a new tab)

Housing

An organisation called Together Matters have made a booklet called How to be part of the world of work.

Moving on and planning ahead booklet which talks about independent living, money and support - https://s33156.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/MME_moving-on-and-planning-ahead.pdf (opens in a new tab)

What is rent? - www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/what-rent (opens in a new tab)

What is a tenancy agreement? - www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/what-tenancy-agreement (opens in a new tab)

What are the rules of a tenancy agreement? - www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/what-are-rules-my-tenancy-agreement (opens in a new tab)

KeyRing is an organisation. It supports some people with housing. Here is a video from someone using their services - Amy talks about living in her own home through Key Ring - YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Hepatitis

What is Hepatitis - 002-what-is-hepatitis.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Hot Weather

How to cool down in hot weather - https://youtu.be/BEgv3DOcbvg?feature=shared (opens in a new tab)

Stay well in very hot weather - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8U8bdklZouM (opens in a new tab)

How to tell if you are ill in hot weather - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mR9ZDregX-0 (opens in a new tab)

Look under heading Sun Safety

How to make Information Accessible

Image Bank - Learning Disability Service (learningdisabilityservice-leeds.nhs.uk) (opens in a new tab)

www.photosymbols.com (opens in a new tab)

Hospital Passport or Health and Care Passport

There are difference hospital passports available. Choose 1 that works well for you. Here is a link to 1 you can download and print out:

Health-Care-Passport-Apr-2023.pdf (necldnetwork.co.uk) (opens in a new tab)

What is a Health and Care Passport? - www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/PRN00983iii-health-and-care-passport-easy-read.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Hospital Passport Template example from South West London Access to Acute Group.doc (opens in a new tab)

Video - Victoria's story of using a hospital passport - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhN-EyMJWg4&t=5s (opens in a new tab)

Going into Hospital

Going into hospital - FINAL-What-to-do-when-your-coming-in-to-Hospital.pdf (necldnetwork.co.uk) (opens in a new tab)

Leaving hospital or getting discharged after a stay in hospital when getting support for your mental health sometimes called inpatients 003-discharge-toolkit.pdf (opens in a new tab)

I

Individual Service Fund

individual-service-funds-easy-read.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Insurance

Information about what is insurance 003-what-is-insurance.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Internet

look under the heading O nline Safety

J

Jail - look under the heading Prison

Jobs -look under Work

K

L

Learning Disability Register - This is something you can ask to be put on at your doctors if you want to. It will help you get an annual health check. Doctors use the learning disability register it to make sure that people with a learning disability get the right support in the right ways. Click the link for more information - http://www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/join-the-learning-disability-register (opens in a new tab)

Click here for this information in other languages - https://www.mencap.org.uk/press-release/mencap-launches-new-gp-resources-black-asian-and-minority-ethnic-people-learning (opens in a new tab)

LeDeR report - Learning from Lives and Deaths of people with Learning Disability and Autistic people 2022

Easy Read Report 2022 - www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/assets/fans-dept/leder-2022-easy-read-report-final.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Video of report - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW31o2jOEP8 (opens in a new tab)

Foreword of report www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ao_etBdtMw (opens in a new tab)

What is LeDeR - video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwg6hl41dR8 (opens in a new tab)

LGBTQI+

LGBTQI+ stands for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer or Questioning Intersex.

The + is to be inclusive to everyone that feels part of the LGBTQ+ community, but don’t feel like they fit into the groups listed in LGBTQ.

LGBTQ-An-easy-read-guide.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Being LGBTQIA+ - Being LGBTQIA+ | Mencap | Easy Read (opens in a new tab)

Wellbeing booklet - 002-outspoken-wellbeing-activity-booklet.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Also look under the heading Transgender

Learning Disability Network North East and North Cumbria

Learning Disability Network (necldnetwork.co.uk) (opens in a new tab)

M

Makaton

With Makaton, signs are used, with speech. This helps provide extra clues about what someone is saying. Using signs can help people who have no speech or whose speech is unclear. Using symbols can help people who have limited speech and people who cannot sign or prefer not to sign. Here is a website with lots of information about Makaton and how to learn some Makaton https://makaton.org/ (opens in a new tab)

Here is a video to explain what Makaton is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb09WlrBwds&t=2s (opens in a new tab)

Look under the heading Benefits and Entitlements

N

Easy News - An accessible round up of some of the big news stories. This is by an organisation called United Response. (opens in a new tab)

O

Online Safety

003-keeping-safe-online---easy-read-guide.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Keeping-Safe-Online-Easy-Read-Guide-Email-Version.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training

Here is a link to a video about what happened to Oliver. It explains about Oliver's Campaign to give more training to health and social care staff about how to better support Autistic people and people who have a learning disability The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism (youtube.com) (opens in a new tab)

Organ Donation

organ-donation-easy-read-web-accessible.pdf (opens in a new tab)

PowerPoint Presentation (opens in a new tab)

P

Pain

Let me tell you about my pain - Learning Disability Service (opens in a new tab)

Personal Health Budgets

Leaflet - 7b2ad3_cbf5e7f3ffb34f96b7bc0c1dd5de8f32.pdf (speakup.org.uk) (opens in a new tab)

Workbook about Personal Health Budgets - 7b2ad3_57ee5e4424df45c798d2acb789992083.pdf (speakup.org.uk) (opens in a new tab)

PHB-easy-read-final-version-6.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Police

The support you should get if you are the victim of a crime - easyread-victims-code.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk) (opens in a new tab)

Politics

You and your Member of Parliament (MP) Easy-read-MPs.pdf (mencap.org.uk) (opens in a new tab)

Poo

Are you worried about your poo? - Video - What are the signs of constipation? (opens in a new tab)

Are you worried about your poo? - Poster - www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/People-with-a-learning-disability-A4-leaflet-high-resolution.pdf (opens in a new tab)

What should poo look like? - Poster - www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Bristol-stool-chart-for-carers-print-version.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Pornography

Online Pornography and illegal content - Pornography-guide-WEB-Spreads-07.03.21.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Pregnancy - Having a baby

Lots of information about being pregnant and having a baby - Accessible Maternity Resources « Learning Disability Network (necldnetwork.co.uk) (opens in a new tab)

A guide to pregnancy LN004580.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Prison

Information book for disabled prisoners - Layout 1 (prisonreformtrust.org.uk) (opens in a new tab)

Q

R

Reasonable Adjustments

This is a video about reasonable adjustments. It shows some things people might find helpful if they were going to hospital www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMV06K1oanA (opens in a new tab)

Rights

Your rights when you are in hospital - www.mencap.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-02/Know%20Your%20Rights%20-%20Your%20rights%20in%20hospital%20FINAL.pdf (opens in a new tab)

S

Self-Advocacy

This film tells the story of how self-advocacy has influenced and changed the lives of many people with a learning disability, helping them to become empowered to speak up for their rights and needs. Not only does the film show the impact self-advocacy has had on the lives of people with a learning disability, but also the impact that people with a learning disability have been able to have on the wider world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRQsJCxIbEQ (opens in a new tab)

Sex

Information about what is pornography, what is legal and illegal pornography and how to keep yourself safe using the Internet - 003-pornography-guide.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Alsolook under heading Friendships and Relationships

Sexual Consent

Information about agreeing or not agreeing to have sex or sexual relationships What-is-sexual-consent.pdf (suffolkordinarylives.co.uk) (opens in a new tab)

Smear Tests

Easy Read information about smear tests. Smear tests are also known as cervical screening CSP05_easy_guide_to_cervical_screening__July_25.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Social Model of Disability

A model is a way of thinking about things or an idea. Many Disabled people came together and thought about the idea of the social model of disability. The social model explains that it is barriers in the world around us that disable people. This was a different way of understanding disability.

Here is a long booklet in easy read about the Social Model of Disability. You could maybe read little bits of it at a time if that is better for you - http://www.inclusionlondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FactSheets_TheSocialModel_Easy-Read.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Staying Safe

Choice-Support-Staying-Safe-booklet-2019.pdf (opens in a new tab)

STOMP: Stop the over medication of medication of people with learning disabilities

STOMP: Stop the over medication of people with learning disabilities (Video) (opens in a new tab)

Stopping Smoking

Some easy read information about smoking and stopping smoking mac16339-stop-smoking-e04 (macmillan.org.uk) (opens in a new tab)

Stroke

230313_nhs-act-fast-stroke_EasyRead_Leaflet_WebAcc.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Poster about the signs of a stroke www.bild.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stroke-PHE-poster.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Support

7 steps to being in control of my support (InControl, 2017) (opens in a new tab)

Sun Safety

This booklet is about being safe in the sun - mac16335-er-e06-be-safe-in-the-sun (macmillan.org.uk) (opens in a new tab)

Storage Heaters

Look under the heading - Energy Saving

Swallowing Difficulties

LN005748.pdf (opens in a new tab)

T

Transgender

003-transgender-easy-read-guide.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Achieve-together-Transgender-Easy-Read.pdf (opens in a new tab)

U

V

Voting

My Voice My Vote Website - lots of useful easy read information about voting and politics - www.myvotemyvoice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)

Photo ID needed when you go to vote from May 2023 - www.easy-read-online.co.uk/_files/ugd/7e469a_a70fcb3a69a749d89c52aae188504916.pdf?index=true (opens in a new tab)

What is the General Election? - www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/what-general-election? (opens in a new tab)

What is Voting - What is voting? | Mencap (opens in a new tab)

Voting Passport. This is to think about any reasonable adjustments you might need to be able to vote - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XQB6vBisVKLk_oNQE9lRbBDBbcAmJ0Ic/view?usp=drivesdk (opens in a new tab)

Here is a video about what is it like at a polling station when you vote. It is an old video so remember we need to take some photo ID with us to be able to vote now. Photo ID means identification like a passport. - https://youtu.be/34hu5Ba4_Jc?si=4CduQWNJ15jDHkNj (opens in a new tab)

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Wellbeing Information

Inclusion North Easy-Read (opens in a new tab)

Here is the weekly News and tips for staying well from Inclusion North

Wills

This is thinking about what you want to happen with your belongings (things) and money when you die.

DAVID-Project-Booklet-04-Will-Writing-Information-Booklet.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Activity Book about will writing Title Page (opens in a new tab)

Resource Booklet about will writing Ring Toss (opens in a new tab)

Winter

Stay well this winter: Things you need to do to stay well - /_library/files/reports/Stay%20Well%20this%20Winter%20-%20Easy%20Read.pdf (opens in a new tab)

Winterborne View

Department of Health's Report on Winterborne View (opens in a new tab)

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