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The right to be you
- Authors:
- HAMILTON Karen, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Ealing Consortium
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- (11 mins.), DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
A DVD made by people with learning disabilities was shown for the first time at the House of Commons on 29 September 2005. People with learning disabilities, from Ealing Consortium, commissioned and wrote the script for the DVD, and had the final say in the editing. They wanted other people with learning disabilities to be aware of their rights in areas such as housing, health, and travel. The DVD will also be used for staff training and informing the general public.
Dignity in care: choice and control
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 13 minutes 30 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
Everyone has the right to make choices about how they live and how their support is provided. This film shows how people with care and support needs can be supported to have choice and control. Three examples shown are owning a budgerigar; deciding between mince with dumplings or a roast chicken dinner; and going shopping. The young men with learning disabilities who draw up their preferred shopping list travel to town unsupported, buy the food, come back and cook it and then eat it. It's important to take time to understand and know the person, their previous lives and past achievements, and to support people to develop things like ‘life story books'. If you treat people as equals, you can make sure they remain in control of what happens to them. (Edited publisher abstract)
Telling it like it is!
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION FOR REAL CHANGE
- Publisher:
- Association for Real Change
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- Chesterfield
This CD is designed to support people with learning disabilities to give training to new staff. There are 2 main parts to the CD. The first part provides training for people who use services, so they understand the process of staff induction and staff training. Individuals can work through this section at their own pace. The second part provides a presentation that service users can give to new staff. The CD uses photographs and pictures to make the meanings clear.
Care about racism
- Authors:
- PALMER-SMITH Ali, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Advance
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- DVD,
- Place of publication:
- Witney
This DVD had been produced to tell people with learning disabilities about racism. The DVD was created by service users and staff from Advance Support services in Oxford who provided the narration and act in scenes throughout the 10-minute film. A set of flash cards explaining the context of each scene, and information about racism and the law are also included. Professionals working with people with learning disabilites who need to discuss the topics of prejudice and discrimination amongst service users would find this resource useful.
Working with people with autism: the autistic perspective
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 11 minutes 56 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Revised
In this film, we see how Scott, a man with autism and learning disabilities, and Marie, a professor with Asperger’s Syndrome, learn to make sense of society, with the support of colleagues and family members. Scott’s parents speak of the rituals he employs to cope with daily life and the behaviours that are triggered when the world does not make sense to him. Marie talks of the challenges she faces in learning the rules of professional communication and the techniques she uses to interact with others and manage her anxieties. She makes the point, however, that these anxieties come about because society does not yet understand people with autism, and disables them as a result.
We are living well but dying matters
- Author:
- CHANGE: (producer)
- Publisher:
- National Council for Palliative Care
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- DVD
- Place of publication:
- London
People with learning disabilities tell their stories and share their wishes to support other people with learning disabilities to become more comfortable talking about dying, death and bereavement. The resource is useful for staff in highlighting the importance of including people with learning disabilities and in providing training in how to make conversations accessible. This DVD is also available as a film online.
My health: health action planning and health facilitation for people with a learning disability
- Authors:
- FRIENDLY INFORMATION, (Producer)
- Publisher:
- Friendly Information
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Place of publication:
- Rotherham
This DVD asks viewers to consider their physical health, mental health and aspects of their life style that contribute in good or bad ways to both of these. It advocates regular physical health checks and the creation of a personal health action plan as part of a personalised and joined up service. It also describes the role of 'health facilitators', who can be friends, relatives or another trusted individual, to act as a broker between health services and a person with learning disabilities. These services are explicitly connected to the UK government's Valuing People plan to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities, their families and carers.