Accessible Language (Minute 10/08 of Young Friends General Meeting, sent to Meeting for Sufferings).
Accessible Text Advice from Melanie Jameson, a dyslexia consultant
Asperger’s Syndrome ‘Do I Know You?” by Chrissie Bligh
‘Difference’, ‘Diversity’, ‘Disability’, ‘Impairment’, ‘Equality’ Melanie Jamesons’ talk at our 2017 AGM. Melanie is Chair of the Dyslexia Adult Network, sits on the Westminster Commission on Recruitment and Dyslexia/ND and has long worked for ‘Learning Difficulties’ to be taken into account throughout the criminal justice system. She is increasingly finding the need to link with other disability groups in order to make our joint voice louder and finds that the Quaker testimony to equality and our long history of criminal justice reform underpins her work.
Disability Welfare Reform – Psychological Firewalls by Nuala Watt
Dyslexia Psychological issues-A Sense of Self
Hints and tips – prepared by the Scottish Churches’ Disability Group (opens in a new window)
Meeting for Worship Variations that may help include disabled Friends by Julia Smith
Queries and Advices for the inclusion of disabled Friends
This List of useful resources (organisations, websites etc) has been prepared for us by Helen Cherry.
Scribing in Meeting for Worship by Pam Brunt
QDEG stillness and silence suggestions (Word) Collection of ideas from lived experience.
QDEG stillness and silence suggestions (pdf) Collection of ideas from lived experience.
Ten dos and don’ts by Hilary Davies
Video on disability discrimination in the workplace (opens in a new window). Light-hearted style but serious content. Author: Disability Rights Commission
Access to Woodbrooke library Nearly 200 titles in the audio-visual section of the Woodbrooke library now have braille labels. A list of the titles has been recorded on to a USB with a short synopsis of content. (Black type version: Access to Woodbrooke library Black )
Approaches to Quaker Worship Some different approaches that may help include disabled Friends. A report from a participant at a Woodbrooke course.
Links
Below is a collection of other related links. All links on this page open in a new window.
Main website for Quakers in Britain
Talking Friends; Providers of Quaker literature in audio formats
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
Oxford Anglican Autism Guidelines
Autism from a woman’s perspective
Dos and don’ts on designing for accessibility on the Gov.uk site. Posters can be downloaded.
Accessible Information Standard (AIS) Information on the NHS England website.
Promoting positive mental health in the workplace (ACAS publication)