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This is a page to support anyone who is disabled, and their loved ones.

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Helplines

Helpful Resources

Links

• NHS: The Pain ToolKit (PDF Download)
• CYPSP: Your Journey Guide, by parents for parents and its development has been parent led from the onset and addresses the whole life journey for parents of children with disability and additional needs.
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Videos 

• Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities - The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission - 1 in 5 of us in Northern Ireland have a disability of some kind. The rights of persons with disabilities need special protection. That's why the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was drawn up and agreed to by the UK government.
• How To Be A Better Disability Ally with Daphne Frias | I Weigh x Jameela Jamil - It's all of our responsibility to be the best allies we can to the disabled community. In this video, NYC activist Daphne Frias' gives her five biggest tips to being the best ally you can be.
• Tame The Beast — It's time to rethink persistent pain - Pain scientists starting to think differently about persistent (chronic) pain and its causes, are they're making exciting discoveries - like how you think about your pain can change the way it feels. Here Professor Lorimer Moseley explains how pain works and explains new approaches to help reduce your pain.
• Claire Greene, Workable NI Employment Officer, Disability Action - Claire Greene explains the workable program and how it can help disabled people in NI.
• Workable NI - A testimonal story from a disabled person reached out to Disability Action and get help from their workable program.
• Get Out Get Active ‘Over 50’s-Better Connected’ Case Study - Watch this video to hear some of the incredible impacts Disability Sport NI's Over 50's - Better Connected groups  are having on everyone involved. 
• District Council Disability Sports Hubs sponsored by Progressive Building Society - An introduction to the Disability Sports Hub Project which aims to develop sustainable sports clubs and active recreation opportunities for people with disabilities in each district council in Northern Ireland.
• NOW Group Employment Story 2018 - NOW Group is a social enterprise that supports people with learning difficulties and autism into jobs with a future. Andrew Howell tells us how NOW supported him to secure a paid job at Eurospar and how that has impacted his life.
• How to Overcome Loneliness - In this video, Adapt to Perform addresses the issues of loneliness as a disabled person and discusses the things you can and can't do to alleviate the feeling.
• How to Treat a Person with Disabilities, According to People with Disabilities - In this video Vice talks to people living with disabilities about the proper ways to treat someone with disabilities.
• Ellie Goldstein - busting myths about fashion models! - Meet Mencap Myth buster Ellie Goldstein! She is smashing the myth that people with a learning disability can't be successful fashion models!
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Workbooks

• NHS - The Pain Toolkit, is a simple information booklet that could provide you with some handy tips and skills to support you along the way to manage your pain. 
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Books

• This book speaks truthfully and lyrically about complex issues. It really digs into the ways that disabled people are made to feel like the difficulties they face are individual, when actually they’re societal. It’s funny, feminist, and powerful. Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body a book by Rebekah Taussig. (bookshop.org)
• This is a collection of writing by a really diverse group of disabled people and so there is something for everyone. I have dipped in and out of it, taking my time to read the whole book. The range of topics and styles make it a powerful anthology, representing views and insights that I haven’t read elsewhere. Disability Visibility a book by Alice Wong. (bookshop.org)
• Micheline addresses the relationship between disabled children and their parents. She is both a disabled person and a parent of a disabled child and her insights can feel challenging, but are undoubtedly necessary. Dear Parents: Amazon.co.uk: Mason, Micheline: 9780954635152: Books
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Find Help Near You - Disabilities & Medical

There are many support agencies in Northern Ireland who specialise in providing support to disabled people. Please remember that you are not alone and that there is help available.

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