Coronavirus: resources for people with a learning disability and their supporters

Visit the Public Health Wales website for the following leaflets:

• October 2021: COVID-19 vaccine – A guide for children and young people
• October 2021: Information for children and young people who have had the COVID-19 vaccine
• July 2021: COVID-19 vaccine – An easy read guide for adults
• July 2021: COVID-19 vaccine – An easy read guide for all women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to get pregnant
• July 2021: COVID-19 vaccine and blood clotting
• June 2021: COVID-19 – After your COVID-19 vaccine

• 5 March 2021: Covid-19 vaccinations for individuals with a learning disability or severe mental illness – easy read

• 18 December 2020: Video about vaccines for people with a learning disability and autistic people – This is a short film which describes what is a vaccine is, how vaccines are made, why you should get a vaccine, whether a vaccine makes you ill and how to decide whether to have a vaccine.  From NHS England and NHS Improvement.

• 16 September 2021: What happens when you get a test for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• 26 October 2020: Screening during coronavirus (PDF)
• April 2020: Looking after your feelings and your body (PDF)
• March 2020: Self isolation – you must stay at home (PDF)

See all the Public Health Wales easy read resources.

• 22 December 2021: New rules for Wales from 26 December 2021: coronavirus (easy read)
• 17 December 2021: Visits to care homes: guidance – easy read
• 12 November 2021: Staying safe during the COVID-19 outbreak (easy read)
• 16 September 2021: What happens when you get a test for coronavirus (COVID-19) (easy read)
• 16 August 2021: Guidance on protecting people most likely to get very poorly from coronavirus (shielding): easy read guide
• February 2021: Coronavirus risk assessment tool easy read (PDF)
• 14 August 2020: Coronavirus: How to keep you and your family safe (Easy Read) (PDF)
• 17 April 2020: Easy Read Do Not Attempt CPR Easy read letter from Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer (PDF)

• July 2021: Accessible videos about coronavirus – Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust
• 18 January 2021: How to avoid scams and keep your money safe – easy read (PDF) – Mencap
• December 2020: COVID-19 Guided Self-help Booklets – Scottish Consortium for People With Learning Disabilities. Easy read guides to help with talking about you feelings and making plans for staying well at this difficult time.
• May 2020: Why we wear PPE poster – Keep Safe
• Coping with Coronavirus (Free picture stories and illustrated guides to support people with learning disabilities and autism through the coronavirus pandemic) – Beyond Words
• Information about Coronavirus – Mencap
• Easy-to-read information about Coronavirus in many languages – Inclusion International

• 23 December 2021: Supported living guidance: coronavirus
• 4 November 2021: Guidance for supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged learners
• 16 September 2021: Test, trace, protect: simple guide for autistic people
• 25 August 2021: Guidance on protecting people defined on medical grounds as clinically extremely vulnerable from coronavirus (COVID-19) – previously known as ‘shielding’
• 18 June 2021: Hospital visiting during the Coronavirus outbreak: guidance
• 10 March 2021: Do Not Attempt CPR Letter from Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer – update (Word)
• February 2021: Covid-19 workforce risk assessment tool
• 6 October 2020: Welsh Government confirms re-start of its learning disability Improving Lives programme
• 8 June 2020: Guidance for providers of social care services for adults during the COVID-19 pandemic (Not Easy Read)
• 5 June 2020: Guidance for visits to care home services and reconnecting safely (Not Easy Read) (PDF)
• 30 April 2020: Decisions on do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR): age, disability and long term conditions
• 17 April 2020: Easy Read Do Not Attempt CPR Easy read letter from Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer (PDF)
• 12 April 2020: Coronavirus: ethical values and principles for healthcare delivery framework
• 12 April 2020: Easy Read Coronavirus: ethical values and principles for healthcare delivery framework

Coronavirus updates

Coronavirus resources and updates

Flexible use of Direct Payments during the pandemic.

Inquiry into the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak, and its management, on health and social care in Wales

Letter to Care Managers in Wales promoting good use of Welsh Government’s Supported Living Guidance – from Learning Disability Wales, All Wales People First, All Wales Parents and Carers Forum, Mencap Cymru, Cymorth Cymru, Down’s Syndrome Association. (7 December 2020)

Statement from the members of the Wales Disability Reference Group – Learning Disability Wales, Disability Wales, Wales Council of the Blind and Wales Council for Deaf People (8 April 2020)

NICE guidelines still cause for concern for disabled people – Our joint statement with All Wales People First, The Wales Carers Alliance and Mencap Cymru (27 March 2020)

A Joint statement from National Disability Umbrella Organisations in Wales on the  Coronavirus Bill: Suspension of Social Services and Well-being Wales Act (24 March 2020)

Learning Disability Wales update – how we are continuing to support you (23 March 2020)

Joint response to Coronavirus outbreak across Wales – Learning Disability Wales, Disability Wales, All Wales People First, Wales Council of the Blind, All Wales Parents and Carers Forum, and Mencap Cymru (19 March 2020)

• How are you doing? – Staying well at home information hub – easy read resources.

• Coping with Coronavirus  -Beyond Words
• COVID-19 Guided Self-help Booklet Series (Saesneg) – Scottish Commission
  for Learning Disability

• What does bereavement feel like? easy read – Child Bereavement UK, October 2020
• When someone dies: Talking about funerals easy read – Child Bereavement UK, October 2020
• Feelings you might have when someone dies (PDF) – Marie Curie, June 2019
• When Someone Dies from Coronavirus: A guide for family and carers (PDF) – Beyond Words
• Jack Plans Ahead for Coronavirus: A guide for family and carers (PDF)– Beyond Words

Here is our Easy Read guide to Zoom meetings (PDF)

Video tutorial on how to install and use Zoom online meetings on a computer

Video tutorial on how to install and use Zoom online meetings on a smartphone or tablet

Keeping safe online (Developed by Care Management Group and CHANGE)

Staying safe on social media and online (Foundation for people with learning disabilities)

Learn how to use the internet safely (Lead Scotland)

17 August 2020:  Guidance for supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged learners

6 April 2020: Vulnerable children and young people: coronavirus

Coronavirus Information Hub for Families and Children (regularly updated)

Coronavirus: Information for families with disabled children (March 2020, updated regularly)

COVID19 educational resources

Things to do at home

• 3 June 2020: Stay Inside: Be Inspired easy read – United Response, England
• March 2020: Creative Isolation: COVID-19 and social isolation – Media and arts hub with links to online resources

Online resources available during social distancing and self-isolation (regularly updated)

• How to wash your hands (13 March 2020)
• How to wash your hands baby Shark Style  28 Sep 2018)
• Hand Washing Video (24 July 2017)

Easy read guide to hand washing and keeping clean to stop coronavirus

Coronavirus COVID-19 symptom checker (March 2020)

Shielding FAQs for Third Sector organisations from the Welsh Government

Information from the Welsh Government about supermarket services.

Information about local services and support available in the 22 Counties of Wales (27 March 2020) Word download from Disability Wales

How to avoid scams advice during coronavirus outbreak (25 March 2020)

Disabled People’s Frequently Asked Questions on Coronavirus COVID-19 (24 March 2020)

Information from the Welsh Government – Looking out for each other safely information hub (launched 22 March 2020)

Sensory Spectacle – Resources for COVID-19 and people with sensory difficulties (SPD) (20 March 2020)

Responding to COVID-19: the ethical framework for adult social care (19 March 2020) UK Government Department of Health (Please note: this is devolved in Wales)

Guidelines from BILD

Talking about meeting up (Cymorth Cymru, September 2020)

Easy Read – Talking about meeting up (Cymorth Cymru, September 2020)

Reconnecting Safely – Extended Households (Cymorth Cymru, September 2020)

NHS Direct Wales – Coronavirus COVID-19 symptom checker (March 2020)

Wales Learning Disability Helpline

Phone 0808 8000 300

Helpline and online live chat 0808 808 3555

Information and resources hub

Advice and information about money, benefits, housing, work and more.

NHS Direct Wales including Easy Read A to Z. See Coronavirus.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) information and resources hub

Advice and Resources

Guidance on coronavirus and useful information

Virtual Autism Team Wales Resource List