Learning Disabilities
The City of York Council website provides lots of information about services for people with learning disabilities.
Disabilities
These include those listed below. Please click on the links to be taken to the relevant pages.
The Live Well York website provides information on community activities suitable for people with learning disabilities.
Acquired Brain Injury
Headway is the UK-wide charity that works to improve life after brain injury.
There is a York Headway branch.
Headway provides support, services and information to brain injury survivors, their families, carers, and to professionals.
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) has a local independent hospital called York House, which is provided by The Disabilities Trust and The Retreat.
York House is an independent hospital which rehabilitates people with acquired brain injury (ABI) and complex needs and / or challenging behaviour.
- People with ABI may have difficulty processing information.
- They may have attention and concentration difficulties.
- They may experience fatigue.
- They may have anxiety.
BIRT’s goal is to enable people to function as independently as possible, develop their lives as they choose and participate in the wider community.
The Live Well York website provides information on community activities.
Autism
The National Autistic Society states Autism is a lifelong disability that affects how people see the world and interact with others. Autistic people see, hear and feel the world differently to other people.
If you are autistic, you are autistic for life. Autism is not an illness or disease and cannot be 'cured'.
People with autism are affected in different ways. Some autistic people may share certain difficulties. They may have mental health issues or other conditions. This means people need different levels of support.
All people with autism learn and develop. With the right sort of support, all can be helped to live a more fulfilling life of their own choosing.
National Autistic Society
The National Autistic Society provide information, support and services for people with Autism, and campaign for a better world for autistic people.
The City of York Council website has information about autism and support available locally.
Specialist Autism Services
Specialist Autism Services has worked with adults (18+) with autism and their families since 1999. They are a non-profit organisation that works with the charity Sacar to provide autism services across Yorkshire.
They now provide a range of services including the group social skills workshops (through an autism-specific learning programme). These include:
Under the name Autism First they also provide bespoke support for adults with autism and additional needs.
They aim to make a positive difference to the lives of their members to fulfil their potential.
The Live Well York Community Directory provides information on community activities suitable for people with Autism.
We Care Project
'We Care' is a North Yorkshire Police scheme.
It supports anyone who is vulnerable and needs some help and assistance when they are out and about in York.
The scheme has been put together with the support of York People First.
It helps people to feel safe and secure and able to go out and participate in their local community.
It also provides important information to the police about a scheme member, so if they ever need to dial 999 or 101, the police are aware of any special needs the caller has.
The Police can assist them and provide a level of service in line with their requirements. Email wecare@northyorkshire.police.uk for more information.
Inspired Pics
We thank Inspired Pics who provided most of the images for this publication.
Images have also been provided by the following organisations:
Headway, BIRT, City of York Council, Living Autism, National Autistic Society, Specialist Autism Services, York CVS, and North Yorkshire Police.
You should seek permission from the relevant image owner if you wish to use any of these images.