Version  3  using  Photosymbols   and  simplified  language  

Questions  to  ask  Candidates

It is getting harder and harder for people with learning disabilities to speak up for themselves.How will you help if I vote for you?

People with learning disabilities sometimes don’t get choices.Sometimes people choose for themHow will you help if I vote for you?

Some people with learning disabilities have children.They need help.How will you help if I vote for you?

People with learning disabilities might get abused.This often happens in places far from home.

These places should be closed.How will you help if I vote for you?

Disabled people might be attacked or called names.It is getting worse.It needs to stop hate crime.How will you help if I vote for you?

People carry out hate crime againstdisabled people.

The criminals are not being punished.They do not always go to prison.How will you help if I vote for you?

Social care is very important for disabled people.It needs money to work well.

A lot of the money for their care has been taken away.How will you help if I vote for you?

Disabled people have had cuts to the money that helps them.They have had more cuts than anyone else.How will you help if I vote for you?

Some people who have jobs don’t pay tax.This is called tax fraud.We think people should pay taxes.How will you help if I vote for you?

Some people claim benefits who don’t need them.

This is called benefit fraud.

People on the TV talk a lot about benefit fraud.

This makes disabled people soundlike scroungers.

This gives disabled people a bad name.How will you help if I vote for you?

Some disabled peopleare looked after by their family.The government have cut money that helps families.How will you help if I vote for you?

People with disabilities need money to help them live at home.If this money is cut people won’t be able to live in their own house.How will you help if I vote for you?

People Independence Payments doesn’t give disabled people enough money.How will you help if I vote for you?

People with disabilities might want their own home.

How will you help if I vote for you?

People who use wheelchairs need special things in their home.They might need a ramp and extra help.How will you help if I vote for you?

People with disabilities want help to get jobs.How will you help if I vote for you?

People with disabilities want help to get jobs.How will you help if I vote for you?

Social care costs a lot of money.It is making disabled people poorer.Then they can’t get help.How can you help if I vote for you?

Some people with learning disabilities live a long way from their family.That is wrong.How will you help if I vote for you?

People with learning disabilities need help when they get ill.Doctors and nurses sometimes don’t always realise people are ill.How will you help if I vote for you?

Sometimes people with learning disabilities don’t get the right medicine or help.This is not fair.How will you help if I vote for you?

People with learning disabilities need help to be healthy. How will you help if I vote for you?

These  slides  have  been  adapted  in  an  attempt  to  support  people  with  Learning  Disabilities  to  understand  more  about  the  issues  which  have  been  raised  by  the  Learning  Disability  Alliance.  Total  Communication  is  committed  to  supporting  people  to  understand  and  also  to  speak  out  .  Easy  read  or  accessible  information  is  one  way  of    helping  to  achieve  this.    We  have  made  an  attempt  to  simplify  the  language  and  the  concepts  but  have  no  wish  to  be  precious,  if  the  images  or  wording  don’t  work  for  people  please  feel  free  to  alter  them.  There  are  2  versions  available  using  Photosymbols  one  with  simpler  language  and  concepts.  And  one  where  we  have  retained  most  of  the  language  and  concepts  from  the  original  work  by  the  LDA.  This  version  has  been  made  using  Boardmaker  symbols,  some  symbols  have  been  adapted  or  created  in  an  attempt  to  convey  some  of  the  concepts.    

We  would  like  to  acknowledge  the  following  people  for  their  help  in  producing  the  materials:    Speech  and  Language  Therapy  Students  -­‐  Emma  Dixon,    Serena  Butler,  Sophie  Gordon    &  Vanessa  McGill.  Communication  Development  workers  -­‐  Amir  Uddin  and  Mark  Booth.    Peter  Le  Grys  from  Photosymbols  for  access  to  the  library  of  images.  All  of  whom  gave  up  their  own  time  to  help.  

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