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Easy read Wales: definitions dictionary
- Author:
- LEARNING DISABILITY WALES
- Publisher:
- Learning Disability Wales
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 94
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
A definitions dictionary which can be used to help people write their own easy read information. It contains an A-Z of difficult words and jargon with an easy to understand definition. The dictionary has been developed by Easy Read Wales, the accessible information services at Learning Disability Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)
Making written information easier to understand for people with learning disabilities: guidance for people who commission or produce easy read information: revised edition 2010
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
Good practice guidance on commissioning and preparing easy read information for people with learning disabilities. Main areas covered include: defining easy read, commissioning material, and involving people with learning disabilities. Short case study examples are included. An additional section briefly covers other formats, such as audio, video/DVD, or interactive CD-ROMs or webpages. Annexes cover: Guidelines for producing Easy Read; Supplementary guidelines for professional typesetting and printing. The document is primarily at local and national public sector organisations who produce public information specifically for people with learning disabilities.
How to make information accessible: a guide to producing easy read documents
- Author:
- CHANGE
- Publisher:
- Change
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This guidance produced by the National Equality Partnership and CHANGE, a national organisation led by disabled people, aims to make written information accessible to those who may find reading and writing difficult. Central to this is the belief that people who have learning difficulties have the expertise and knowledge to prepare such a document, and have done so with this guide. Here, accessible information means easy words and pictures, a style of language developed by people with learning disabilities over the past 15 years. Characterised by writing in short, simple sentences without jargon or hard words, clear and easy to understand pictures are used to support words, with an added value of helping those who do not have English as a first language. It takes time and money to create information to the easy words and pictures standard, so it is important to choose carefully which documents to use. It is suggested that some information could be made more accessible by the use of other, cheaper methods such as multimedia. The authors define jargon and hard words, detail laws such as the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and the 2006 Disability Equality Duty (DED) and advise on involving people with learning disabilities on how to improve accessibility and presentation of documents. Presented throughout, in the style of easy words and pictures, practical advice is given on how to prepare a document with a checklist and examples of good practice concluding the text.
Make it clear: a guide to making information easy to read and understand
- Author:
- MENCAP. Accessibility Team
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide provides advice and tips and making things people write easy to read. It cover: the words you use, where to put words on the page, how to use pictures and choosing the type of writing and the paper. The guide was developed with people with learning disabilities.
Digital exclusion profiling of vulnerable groups: adults with learning disabilities: a profile
- Authors:
- CITIZENS ONLINE, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This profile considers the group 'adults with learning disabilities'. It aims to understand group members' actual and potential interaction with technology. The starting point of the profile is to understand the life circumstances of group members through desk-based research. Our understanding of group members' (potential) engagement with technology has been developed largely through primary research. In particular focus groups were set up with group members and professionals working with the group.
Safeguarding adults with learning disabilities: keeping people safe: easy read summary
- Author:
- CARE SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP. Valuing People Support Team
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Valuing People Support Team
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Easy read summary of a new Good Practice Guidance on Commissioning Specialist Adult Learning Disability Health Services. There is a new information pack to help people who are members of Partnership Boards to better protect adults with learning disabilities in the communities in which they live
Safeguarding adults with learning disabilities: information for partnership boards
- Author:
- CARE SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP. Valuing People Support Team
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Valuing People Support Team
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department of Health have brought out a new Good Practice Guidance on Commissioning Specialist Adult Learning Disability Health Services. There is a new information pack to help people who are members of Partnership Boards to better protect adults with learning disabilities in the communities in which they live.
Medication matters: final report
- Author:
- NORAH FRY RESEARCH CENTRE. Medication Matters Team
- Publisher:
- Norah Fry Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
The aim of this project was to find out what people with learning difficulties, their carers and the prescribers of their medication understand about why psychotropic medication has been prescribed and what the implications of taking it are. Interviews were held with 21 people with learning difficulties living in four different regions of England. They were contacted via voluntary and statutory sector organisations providing support for people with learning difficulties living in those areas. People were selected on the basis that they had learning difficulties and had been prescribed psychotropic medication. The majority of people interviewed thought that people with learning difficulties should be given the same information about their medication as anyone else, in an easy to understand format. As a result of the research findings, the research team have been working on a number of resources to help people with learning difficulties, their carers and prescribers. These are: a booklet for people with learning difficulties, their families or carers where information about a medication can be recorded; a decision-making tool for people with learning difficulties to help them make informed choices about medications they are prescribed; and information about where to find out more about medications.
Big Tree
- Publisher:
- Rix Centre
The Big Tree is dedicated to sharing information and ideas about multimedia and what it can do for the learning disability community. This resource is provided by the Rix Centre, a research and development centre and independent charity based at the University of East London's Docklands campus. The Big Tree is designed for people working with and supporting people with learning disabilities, including social carers, teachers, web developers, family members and advocates.
Hospital care for young people with a learning disability: moving from children’s services to adult services
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide helps young people with a learning disability, and their families, understand and prepare for their transition from children to adult’s health services. Simple changes in hospital care can be vital for people with a learning disability. People with a learning disability face severe health inequalities throughout their life and are more likely to die avoidably and die younger. Having access to the right information at the right time and health workers making reasonable adjustments are fundamental to achieving the best outcomes for people with a learning disability and their whole family. The guide aims to help them understand their rights, such as asking for reasonable adjustments or meeting with the transitions team or learning disability nurse at the hospital to discuss their move to adult’s health services. (Edited publisher abstract)