We want to help you to find the right advice and support. In this section you can find information and resources on a variety of different topics related to learning disability, autism, disability, rights, parenting and much more.
We are always looking to add useful information and resources to our directory. Get in touch if you have something that you would like us to add.
The Clear and Easy handbook is for anyone who is, or should be, producing accessible information for people with a learning disability. It will support different sized organisations in their understanding of accessible information, why it is important for people with a learning disability to have access to information they can understand, and how to produce Easy Read materials.
Check It! makes it possible for people with a learning disability to check the quality of the accessible information they produce and receive – and to suggest improvements to the people that produced the information.
Learning Disability Wales and Mencap Cymru have produced guidelines for making information easy to read and understand for people with a learning disability who speak Welsh.
This easy read guidance looks at what people with a learning disability’s rights and their carer’s rights are and what to expect from the assessment and care planning process. It also covers what local authorities must do when people need care and support.
Easy Read annual health check GP resources
Easy Read annual health check invitation letter (PDF)
Easy Read annual health check appointment letter (PDF)
Easy Read annual health check checklist (PDF)
Easy Read annual health check health action plan (PDF)
Conwy Connect Health Check Champions
Cwm Taf People First annual health checks video
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board annual health checks video (with BSL)
People with a learning disability are more likely to experience poor mental health than the general population. To mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2018 we have gathered some useful resources about mental health and well-being, including some good easy read guides.
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week we have brought together many useful resources about mental health and well-being for people with a learning disability – including easy read guides and helpful organisations.
Accessible information for parents with a learning disability easy read
Supporting families where a parent has a learning disability easy read
What is a PLO or Public Law Outline? Easy read
Your rights when you are pregnant easy read
Your rights when your baby is born easy read
Your rights with social services easy read
Your rights when your child is taken away easy read
All about breastfeeding easy read
The court and your child: when social workers get involved easy read
Parents booklet about children’s services by Voice Ability easy read
Meanings of different social services meetings easy read
Support for parents whose children have been adopted
Being a family: Parents with learning disabilities in Wales easy read
Keeping children safe from sexual abuse easy read
Keeping children safe from sexual abuse plain English
Having a baby – Beyond Words (there is a charge for this book)
Wales: Advice for social workers for families where the parent has a learning disability (April 2023)
Parenting in Wales: Guidance on engagement and support
Mencap Cymru legal toolkits including “Supporting parents with a learning disability through the child protection system”
Scotland: Good practice guidelines for supporting parents with learning disabilities (2015)
Supporting parents with learning disabilities: Stories of positive practice
Parents and their communities project
Shared Lives Parenting Project in Scotland: Evaluation report
The impact of advocacy for people who use social care services
Being a family: Parents with learning disabilities in Wales
Developing new guidance for parents with a learning disability: What do parents want to see?
Working Together with Parents Network supports professionals working with parents with learning difficulties and learning disabilities, and their children.
Family Rights Group advises families whose children are involved with or need children’s services because of welfare needs or concerns.
Person to Person Parent Advocacy project supporting parents with a learning disability in Caerphilly and Bridgend.
Your Voice Advocacy ‘A Parent’s Voice’ project supporting parents with a learning disability in Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.
Vale People First facilitates a self-advocacy group for parents with a learning disability in the Vale of Glamorgan
Shared Lives Plus – Parents with learning disabilities – through Shared Lives, parents with learning disabilities can receive support within family homes.
Staying safe on social media and online – easy read guide by Foundation for Learning Disabilities
Learn how to use the internet safely – easy read guide by Lead Scotland
Learning Disabilities, Autism and Internet Safety: A Guide for Parents – Mencap
Staying safe online – resources for people with a learning disability and families/carers – Mencap
Free easy read guide to the 2024 UK General Election by Learning Disability Wales (PDF)
Easy read information about voting by Mencap UK
Easy read guide to UK General Election 2024 by Mencap UK (PDF)
Easy read guides to voting and elections by Innovate Trust
Easy read guide to registering to vote by gov.uk (PDF)
Easy read guide to applying for a postal vote by gov.uk (PDF)
Easy read guide to applying for a proxy vote by gov.uk (PDF)
Easy read guide to applying for a Voter Authority Certificate by gov.uk (PDF)
My Vote My Voice is a campaign developed by United Response, Dimensions, Mencap, Ambitious About Autism to remove voting barriers and raise awareness about people with learning disabilities and autistic people’s right to vote.
They have lots of easy read information about politics, elections and voting on their website: www.myvotemyvoice.org.uk
Voter ID and how to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate
Voter passport (PDF) – A4 sheet of paper to hand to polling staff so they easily can understand the reasonable adjustments you need to be able to vote.
United Response has written an easy read summary on the top policy areas from all the main political party manifestos. You can use this to to compare what each party says they will do if they win the election about things like:
They will be covering more policy areas as soon as they can.
The Real Opportunities project offered a holistic model of support to young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. Support was based on the 5 pathways to an independent adulthood:
The resources in this toolkit are organised into different areas of support. You can find out more about the project model, structure, and content of this toolkit below:
These materials were produced to develop the skills of people with a learning disability to train their peers all about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with a Disability (UNCRPD). This was part of our Our Rights Our Voice (OROV) project.
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