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Learning Disability Devon An easy read website for people with a learning disability by people with a learning disability. Reviewed and checked by Devon People First.

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  • February is LGBT+ history month. LGBT is short for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. This booklet written by Advonet, Change and Yorkshire MESMAC talks about what is to be LGBT+.
    Click here for the easy read booklet.
    Trigger warning: this booklet contains images and descriptions of different sex acts.
  • Citizens Advice have written this easy read booklet to help people move (migrate) from their old benefits over to Universal Credit.
    Click here for the easy read booklet.
  • ECOE Advice have written this easy read booklet on Keeping Warm and Well. The booklet covers energy saving tips, dealing with damp and mould in your home, free energy advice and free home visits. Despite ECOE having Exeter in their name they cover the whole of Devon but not Torbay or Plymouth.
    Click here for the easy read booklet.
    Click here to open a poster with contact details for ECOE. 
  • This link takes you to an easy read booklet which explains how to join online meetings using MS Teams.
  • This link takes you to a video made by hft called Staying safe from abuse (safeguarding). It explains what safeguarding is and who it is for.

     

  • Mencap have lots of information about safeguarding on their website. Safeguarding is about keeping people safe from harm or abuse. There are booklets on recognising abuse and how to raise a concern.
    Click here to go to Mencap’s webpage on safeguarding.
    If you need to raise a concern please visit the Torbay and Devon Safeguarding Adults Partnership website. 
  • Devon County Council worked with Devon People First to create an easy read booklet on safeguarding. It looks at different types of abuse, how to recognise if you are or someone else are being abused and how to report abuse.
    Click here for the easy read booklet.
    Trigger warning: This booklet talks about different types of abuse, contains images of male and female parts and describes different sex acts.
  • The Learning Disability Health and Social Care Group have been working on a project with the DIVAS. DIVAS are women with learning disabilities and/or autism who have survived sexual abuse or domestic violence. We have been talking about what we think professionals need to know to help people with learning disabilities to disclose (tell someone they trust) that they have been abused.
    For more information about the DIVAS please click here.
  • Living Options Devon have created a guide called ‘I’m disabled. What does the Equality Act 2010 mean for me?’ The guide helps people to understand their rights under this law.
    For more information click here.
    There is also a link to Mencap’s easy read on the Equality Act 2010.
    Click here for the easy read factsheet.
  • The Government is working to improve the lives of disabled people. They have written a plan showing how they will try to do this. It is called the Disability Action Plan and was published in February 2024.
    Click here for the easy read plan.
  • The Care Act is a law about care and support for adults in England. It explains what support people should be able to get and what councils will have to do.
    Click here for the easy read Care Act.
  • People who work in health or adult social care must do training on learning disability and autism. It is called the Oliver McGowan training.
    It is named after a young man called Oliver who had a learning disability and autism. He sadly died as a result of being given medication he knew he was allergic to. His mum Paula has campaigned for many years to make sure that professionals get training on learning disabilities and autism to stop this from happening again to another family.
    Click here to watch a short film about the Oliver McGowan training.
    Trigger warning: You might find the contents upsetting.
  • Citizens Advice have launched a new range of easy read booklets. There are 4 titles.
    Click here for an easy read booklet on Debt.
    Click here for an easy read booklet on Section 21 notices. (Your landlord wants to evict you).
    Click here for an easy read booklet on Ways to save money on your bills.
    Click here for an easy read booklet on Repair issues in your rental home.
  • Loan sharks are another name for illegal money lenders.
    This link will take you to an easy read leaflet and a short film. Both will help you recognise if you have been targeted by a loan shark. You will be shown who can help if you are or have been a victim of an illegal money lender.
    Click here for information on Loan Sharks.
  • Below is an Easy Read guide on Scams made by the East Sussex Learning Disability Partnership Board. (Shared with their kind consent)
    Click here for the Easy Read guide on Scams.
  • Cuckooing is when a ‘friend’ takes over your home to store or sell drugs. This Easy Read leaflet gives you information on cuckooing and what you should do if you become a victim of this crime.
    Click here for more information on what Cuckooing is.
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