Monthly Archives October 2019

NHS Dumfries and Galloway: Service Introduction

NHS Dumfries and Galloway: Service Introduction Health facilitators in Dumfries and Galloway have produced a short animated film to support adults with an Intellectual disability to access mainstream health services.  View the video below: 
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Blog: Dyslexia-friendly churches guide

Blog: Dyslexia-friendly churches guide I’ve written a guide to help churches include dyslexic adults.  It’s available to download here in Word (for reading electronically) and PDF(for printing). It’s for everyone in churches.  It is mostly on how to communicate in a dyslexia-friendly way (in a church context). It’s illustrated throughout, and includes several resources in the appendices. It is published under a Creative Commons License.  This lets you as the reader use any of the material you wish from it in your own resources e.g. on your church website.  You will find details of this on the front cover of
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News: Sainsbury’s and Argos announce national rollout of hidden disability sunflower lanyard scheme

News: Sainsbury’s and Argos announce national rollout of hidden disability sunflower lanyard scheme Hidden disability lanyards to be available in all stores nationwide from 7 October, following a successful trial earlier this year. Sainsbury’s and Argos have announced the nationwide rollout of sunflower lanyards in all stores, to help enhance the shopping experience for customers with hidden disabilities. Following a successful trial earlier this year, the initiative offers shoppers the option to pick up a sunflower lanyard in store, which has been purposely designed to act as a discreet sign for store colleagues that they may need to provide a
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