Easy Read
The websites listed are external and unregulated by D.A.D
Please note that although easy read information can be a useful resource it should not be assumed it will work for everyone.
Some people will benefit from support to use easy read information.
It can assist supporters to be able to explain things in a simpler more accessible way.
Videos are included because they can be a useful accessible format for some people.
Abuse
Here is a video about abuse. It explains what abuse can be. There are also some workbooks - Abuse is bad | Speakup Main Website
Accessible Information - Accessible information is information that you can understand
Accessible Information Standard - YouTube (Video has subtitles and British Sign Language)
Why is accessible information important? - YouTube (Video is subtitled)
This is easy read written information - access-info-stndrd-er-upd-jul16.pdf (england.nhs.uk)
Alcohol
Here is a video about drinking alcohol. There is a workbook too - Alcohol | Speakup Main Website
Annual Health Checks
Coronavirus
COVID-19 Vaccination Easy-Read Leaflets (GOV.UK)
How Coronavirus has affected people with learning impairments and autism
Self Isolation for people living alone (NHS Oxford Health, March 2020)
Cooking
CookABILITY - Accessible tasty recipes and videos
Climate Change
Easy Read Guide to Climate Change
Dentist
A video for people with learning impairments showing a visit to the dentist (NHS England)
Direct Payment Information
Becoming an Employer using Direct Payments (plymouthonlinedirectory.com)
Easy News
Equality and Disability Action Plans 2019-2014
Action Plan 2019-2014 Easy Read Guide (Department of Health)
Hate Crime
Reporting Hate Crime - An Easy Read Guide
Health Information
9. Gold Standard Health Check (Norfolk + Waveney).indd (knowledgeanglia.nhs.uk)
Easy Health
Easy read information about lots of different health topics
Flu - How does the flu jab work (NHS poster)
Seasonal Flu (NHS poster)
Flu is caused by different sorts of germs. Seasonal flu happens each winter and spreads very easily from person to person.
NHS England Easy Read Newsletters
In this 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
How to make information accessible
How to make information accessible (CHANGE, 2021)
Image Bank - Learning Disability Service (learningdisabilityservice-leeds.nhs.uk)
LGBTQ+
LGBTQ+ stands for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer or Questioning.
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 (CHANGE, 2020)
Mental Capacity Act
Using the Mental Capacity Act: Self-advocates from Taking Part - YouTube
Mental Capacity Act 2005: An easy read guide (local.gov.uk)
Organ Donation
Organ Donation - An Easy Read Guide (2019)
Personal Health Budgets
Leaflet - 7b2ad3_cbf5e7f3ffb34f96b7bc0c1dd5de8f32.pdf (speakup.org.uk)
Workbook about Personal Health Budgets - 7b2ad3_57ee5e4424df45c798d2acb789992083.pdf (speakup.org.uk)
Politics
You and your Member of Parliament (MP) Easy-read-MPs.pdf (mencap.org.uk)
STOMP: Stop the over medication of medication of people with learning disabilities
STOMP: Stop the over medication of people with learning disabilities (Video)
Support
7 steps to being in control of my support (InControl, 2017)
Voting
Registering to Vote - An Easy Read Guide
Wellbeing Information
Inclusion North Easy-Read
Here is the weekly News and tips for staying well from Inclusion North
Will
This is thinking about what you want to happen with your belongings and money when you die.
Winterborne View
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