Easy Read
The websites listed are external and unregulated by DAD
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)
Advocacy
Alcohol
Here is a video about drinking alcohol. There is a workbook too - Alcohol | Speakup Main Website
Annual Health Checks
Anxiety
www.cntw.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Anxiety-ER-final.-2022.-docx.pdf
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
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
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
Crime
Damp and Mould in the home
ISL218 14 ER Damp & Mould (cse.org.uk)
Dentist
A video for people with learning impairments showing a visit to the dentist (NHS England)
Katrina goes to the Dentist - www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/easy-read-katrinas-dentist-story.pdf?fbclid=IwAR11eTxm1t4HLQQD3ZLBB3z7Xa7_4qkCgG7UM7y0BsurPWbK1pjmYpaEBJ0
Direct Payment Information
Becoming an Employer using Direct Payments (plymouthonlinedirectory.com)
Easy News
Emergency Alert on Mobile Phones
How emergency alerts works - YouTube Video
Energy Saving Tips
ISL218 14 ER Energy Tips (cse.org.uk)
Eyes
What is a cataract www.seeability.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/What_is_a_cataract_-_April_2019.pdf
Glaucoma www.seeability.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/Glaucoma_-_April_2019.pdf
Having an eye test www.seeability.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/Having%20an%20eye%20test%20-%20April%2022.pdf
How to use eye drops www.seeability.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Eye%20Drops%20-%20Oct%2021.pdf
Equality and Disability Action Plans 2019-2014
Action Plan 2019-2014 Easy Read Guide (Department of Health)
Friendships and Relationships
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)
Thinking about your funeral mac16344-thinking-about-your-funeral-e04 (macmillan.org.uk)
Gas and Electric
How to read your meters - ISL218 14 ER Reading your meter (cse.org.uk)
Health Information
9. Gold Standard Health Check (Norfolk + Waveney).indd (knowledgeanglia.nhs.uk)
Easy Health
Easy read information about lots of different health topics
Eye information - see above under the heading of eyes
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
Macmillian Cancer Support easy read information All resources | Macmillan Cancer Support
Stroke - What are the signs of a stroke www.bild.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stroke-PHE-leaflet.pdf
Housing
What is rent - www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/what-rent
What is a tenancy agreement - www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/what-tenancy-agreement
What are the rules of a tenancy agreement - www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/what-are-rules-my-tenancy-agreement
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
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)
LGBTQIA+ What do all the letters mean? - www.easy-read-online.co.uk/_files/ugd/7e469a_f744864f46ce4f6c9bee86b4ace484bb.pdf?index=true
Mental Capacity Act
A video about the Mental Capacity Act - Using the Mental Capacity Act: Self-advocates from Taking Part - YouTube
The Mental Capacity Act - Mental Capacity Act 2005: An easy read guide (local.gov.uk)
A video saying what is mental capacity. It also explains the Mental Capacity Act - The Mental Capacity Act: an animated guide by Infodeo. - YouTube
Mental ill health
www.cntw.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Anxiety-ER-final.-2022.-docx.pdf
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)
Police
Your rights if taken in by the police - Notice of Rights EasyRead by Inspired Services.pdf - Google Drive
The support you should get if you are the victim of a crime - easyread-victims-code.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)
Politics
You and your Member of Parliament (MP) Easy-read-MPs.pdf (mencap.org.uk)
Prison
Information book for disabled prisoners - Layout 1 (prisonreformtrust.org.uk)
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
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
Sexual Consent
What-is-sexual-consent.pdf (suffolkordinarylives.co.uk)
Smear Tests
Easy Read information about smear tests. Smear tests are also known as cervical screening mac16302-er-e05-cervical-screening-easy-read (macmillan.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)
Stopping Smoking
Some easy read information about smoking and stopping smoking mac16339-stop-smoking-e04 (macmillan.org.uk)
Stroke
What are the signs of a stroke www.bild.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stroke-PHE-leaflet.pdf
Poster about the signs of a stroke www.bild.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Stroke-PHE-poster.pdf
Support
7 steps to being in control of my support (InControl, 2017)
Sun Safety
This booklet is about being safe in the sun - mac16335-er-e06-be-safe-in-the-sun (macmillan.org.uk)
Storage Heaters
How to use a storage night heater - ISL200 14 Storage Heaters EasyRead (cse.org.uk)
Voting
Registering to Vote - An Easy Read Guide
Photo ID needed when you go to vote from May 2023 - www.easy-read-online.co.uk/_files/ugd/7e469a_a70fcb3a69a749d89c52aae188504916.pdf?index=true
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 (things) and money when you die.
Winterborne View
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