Sometimes people with a learning disability and autistic people don’t get the same good health care as everyone else. Sadly, the most recent LeDeR report (learning from lives and deaths of people with a learning disability and autistic people) shows that cancer is still a leading cause of people dying too young. Sometimes this can be successfully treated if caught early.
We want everyone to have good health so they can live well for longer. Thanks to support from West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership, a group of people with learning disabilities, autistic people and health professionals from West Yorkshire have worked with Inclusion North to co-produce some Easy Read booklets and short videos.
We want to encourage people to check their own bodies, alongside going for annual health checks and cancer screenings.
Our guides are full of good advice for how we can take the lead in our own health care.
Here are our Easy Read booklets:
- Live a long and strong life
- Get to know your body
- Going for a breast screening
- Going for a cervical screening
Here are our short videos: