Resources
Leeds Resources:
Our Mental Health Notice Board
Guide to Being Kettled & Disabled
Disabled People for Palestine: Actions From Home
Our Outreach Support Letter to Non-Affiliates Groups
Leeds PSC Chant List for Demos
Essential Access Checklist for Organisers
Our Accessibility Training Workshop for Organisers – catch up with the transcription
Support Your Individual Learning with our List of Disability Resources
Health resources and information from other organisations:
STOMP – Stop Over Medication of People (STOMP) with a learning disability, autism or both; a campaign from NHS England.
Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) – Information from Bristol University about work aimed at making improvements to the lives of people with learning disabilities.
RightCare Pathways PDF – NHS RightCare Pathways guide about reasonable adjustments for people with a learning disability who have diabetes.
Makaton – Use Makaton cards and symbols to help communicate about health and healthcare.
Useful health reports and resources:
Death by indifference PDF report – This is a Mencap report on why we believe there is institutional discrimination within the NHS, and why people with a learning disability get worse healthcare than non-disabled people.
Good health care for all PDF booklet – This is an easy read booklet, created by the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, about what you can expect from the NHS.
The hospital communication PDF book – A communication aid designed by Surrey Health Action to ensure people who have difficulties understanding and/or communicating get an equal service in hospital.
Mental Capacity Act PDF resource pack – Information for family carers of people with a learning disability around making decisions for their relative with profound and multiple disabilities (PMLD).
PMLD – top tips PDF – Top tips for supporting and meeting the needs of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).
Getting it right PDF charter – The Getting it right charter, which we launched in 2010, with our key asks for hospital trusts to meet the needs of people with a learning disability.
Reasonable adjustments for people with a learning disability – Guides on how reasonable adjustments should be made to health services and adjustments to help people with learning disabilities to access services from Public Health England.
Videos:
Intersectionality & disability, ft Keri Gray
TED talk “I’m not your inspiration thank you very much” by Stella Young
Disability and work: Let’s Stop Wasting Talent by Hannah Barham-Brown
Our fight for disability rights and why we’re not done yet | Judith Heumann
Inclusion, belonging and the disability revolution: Jennie Fenton
Social Justice: What’s disability got to do with it?
Intersections of Disability Justice and Transformative Justice
My Body Doesn’t Oppress Me, Society Does
WeThe15 Campaign
Books:
Disability Visibility by Alice Wong
The War on Disabled People by Ellen Clifford
Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau
Interview with Emily
Disability Praxis: The Body as a Site of Struggle by Bob Williams-Findlay
Disability Histories Online Book
Intersection between race and disability:
Sins Invalid
Project Lets
Disabled immigrants
UK review on poorer care and life expectancy for disabled people who are from an ethnic minority
Disability Justice, Race, and Education
Useful Websites for Signposting/gaining information:
AbilityNet
Accessibility- there is lots of information on here which can help people with disabilities to use digital technologies. Ability net can also arrange for a volunteer to visit someone’s house to set up their equipment in an accessible way.
Get Checked Out Leeds
Accessibility/Healthy and Wellbeing-resources to support people with learning disabilities get the best from their health care.
Learning Disability Service
Accessibility- this website is part of the NHS learning disability service and provides easy read symbols which can be used to create accessible documents for people who find it difficult to read and write.
Through the Maze
Accessibility- Through the Maze is an Information and signposting service for adults with learning disabilities, family carers and professionals.
Being Employed Leeds
Accessibility/employment- Being Employed Leeds is a website that provides easy read and accessible information to people looking for jobs or training to get a job in Leeds.
Leeds Autism Services
Accessibility/Autism- The Leeds Autism Services website contains a wealth of resources, links and information for people with Autism.
Leeds Health
Health – a lot of information on cancer screening.
North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group : Healthy Eating Resources
Healthy Eating Resources: Useful information and activities around healthy eating for people with learning disabilities and those who support them.
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance : Information on Cancer Screening
Information on Cancer Screening: videos, easy read guides and information on breast, bowel and cervical screenings.
Improving Uptake Of Cancer Screening : Information and Easy Read Guides about Cancer
Information and Easy Read Guides about Cancer.
Complete Beginners Guide to the Ipad
Easy read guide to using the NHS App.
Step by step instructions on how to use the app.
Libraries Online Learning
A really helpful guide explaining how to use a tablet.
Simple Guides to doing things digitally- including using the NHS app.
Information on how to use the NHS APP
Step by step instructions on how to use the app.
Access Riders:
Creating your own access ride ‘We are Unlimited’
PDF with example access rider
Social model of disability:
Animation
Written
Disability Histories:
History of UK Legislation on Disability
Disability History UK Timeline
BSL:
Cheap BSL course & info
British Deaf Association
Leeds society for deaf and blind people
Online Tool for Neurodivergent Folks:
goblin.tools/Formalizer
Hidden Disabilities:
hdsunflower.com/uk
Spoon Theory:
butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/
Disabled Charity Scope:
business.scope.org.uk
Ableism 101:
www.accessliving.org/newsroom/blog/ableism-101/
Ambulatory Wheelchair Users:
medium.com/@nicola.sarsfield/ambulatory-wheelchair-users-who-are-they
