Acessible information up date.

This is how most of us may understand information.

Ask people how they want their information written.

Don't talk too fast.

Slow down if you do talk too fast.

Explain things slowly.

Use Lateral language.

Meaning tone and body language.

Sign language for the death.

Brail for the blind.

Using gestures expression give visual cludes about what you are saying.

Lean Makaton signing.

Not everything is accessible to people's needs and wants.

Accessible information takes time but it is really important.

One size does not fit all.

The most important thing about making information accessible is the people that use it.

Does the person need LARGER PRINT?

Would photos, pictures or and symbols help the person understand information better?

Before taking pictures of building ask staff, managers or and etc first.

Would the person find it easier to access information by watching DVDs or CDs with may be a book to follow the information with the right support if needed?

Never think that every person understands information the same. The best person to ask is the people themselves.

There seems to be a lack of communication and understanding between people with learning disabilities and Service providers. Service providers don't always understand people with learning disabilities. Too much information is hard, people can use too much jargon and language that confuses us.

In the terms of everyday life we are seen as a Health and Safety Hazard to employers and even to the rest of society, with the right support, we should be able to work like other people. Most of us may well be a Health and Safety Hazard but we are also creative people. Most of us can't work fast enough for an employer, if we get the right support this could be balanced. Not all of us can use computers but we have different skills and abilities like all people. These are some of the mistakes most employers make.

We need better face to face contact with people around us.

Better communication.

We need to be more valued by people.

People should be more well mannered towards us, for eg; the tone of people's voices.

How people speak and what they say make them misunderstood like all people.

individualised service.

Think of how you can make information more clear for people with learning disabilities

Most people can't read but even most people who can read can find it hard to take information in.

Keep sentences, words short and as less words as you can.

Headings, titles and important things are better off written in bold size 22, which is bigger than the rest of the text. ( 14 to 20 the rest of the text.)

Some computers don't have as many tools to make information accessible so your writing may have to be written in capital letters and large print to suit most people's needs.

Making information accessible is about making it easier to read and understand.

There different ways to do accessible information for different people.

Using less words.

Making information easy to find.

Using photograph's

Using a "bud dying system," where people have someone to help them go through information with them or ask questions.


Comic San, Ariel or FS Mencap can be bought.

Don't use words that only specialist would understand or acronyms. This means shortening words to a few letters.

Some people want clear coloured with different ink on different coloured paper.

Font 14 - 20 text, headings centred, underlined, bold and size 18 -24.

Most pictures are hard to get hold of so bullet points or numbers may help most of us.

Useful websites that could help you make information accessible to people's needs and wants
WWW.plainenglish.co.uk www.mencap.org.uk www.officefordisability.gov.uk thesaurus.com dictionary.com. ( I know it's not always easy or possible but please try to make words as short as you can, thank you.)

Most people in Wolverhampton have told us that they find photographs easier to understand than pictures ans symbols, which should be your nouns people, places and objects.

Sent information out in at least four weeks before appointments and meeting so people can be ready in plenty of time. This will give people time to understand information and ask for help if they need to.

Think about using a symbol or statement at the end of your information so people can get help to understand the information, if they need it.

You can't always suit people's needs when you are typing information for them but you can support them to read or and understand the information you write but please do your best to make it as accessible as possible, thank you.


BEHALF OF OUR SELF-ADVOCACY GROUPS OUR SHOUT AND OUR TALK.

People with learning disabilities need more time to speak and to be listened to. People without disabilities won't learn their job if they don't listen to people with disabilities. If people with disabilities aren't listened to, then people without disabilities are in the wrong job. Most of us take longer to be understood than other people. People with disabilities are the experts.

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE ALL DIFFERENT TOO.

Except anything off people with disabilities like we except anything of you.
Just like all of you are, every person with a learning disability is a different person.
Every person with a disability has different disabilities.
Don't except people with the same disability or and same Mental Health problems to find the same things hard. We are all different as human beings whether we have disabilities or not. 3rd May 2010