Awareness raising

Inclusive Films produce custom-made films to help you build better lives for people with disabilities and disadvantage. The films are project based and often involve streaming the films on websites and producing DVDs for distribution.

It’s Working in Dudley: this film tells the story of people with learning disabilities making a real success of paid work.

Self Employment for People with Learning Disabilities: shows people working for themselves and succeeding with a variety of different business types.

This American publication features examples of good practice on including people with disabilities from a range of American and international companies. The companies and leaders featured in this publication provide valuable insights on the successes they have realized through the inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of their corporate enterprises as well as in their marketing. In addition to these effective strategies, an assessment is included as a tool to initiate or enhance your company’s disability-friendly corporate practices.

Leading Practices on Disability Inclusion

People First report that gives guidance to disabled people's organisations on how to include people with learning disabilities. The report gives advice and recommendations on access to information, organising meetings and events and on use of the internet. There's also a useful audit checklist that organisations can use to check how well they're set up to engage with people with a learning disability.

For more information on People First, follow this link;

http://www.peoplefirstltd.com/

Including people with Learning Difficulties

Disability Listen, Include, Build Inclusion Project Report

This video shows a project by Elite in Merthyr that helped young people to gain employment. The video was made by Merthyr Media Project.

This factsheet on work and mental illness was produced by Rethink (www.rethink.org) and offers practical advice on looking for and applying for new jobs.

Work and Mental Illness