Welsh Organisations Team Tackle Abuse with New Interactive DVD
Learning Disability Wales, All Wales People First, Mencap Cymru and Caerphilly County Borough Council have combined forces for an innovative and interactive DVD, which aims to create awareness of the different types of abuse that people with a learning disability can be faced with.
'Abuse - Tell Someone' is an interactive DVD for adults with learning disabilities to:
- Give information on your rights to keep you safe from harm and abuse
- To help you understand what abuse is, and
- To know what to do if abuse happens to you or someone else you know
This DVD is highly relevant to adults with learning disabilities in the UK. It will be useful for all staff who support and work with people with learning disabilities in the voluntary sector, private sector, social services, health and education.
Gwenda Thomas, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, National Assembly for Wales launched the DVD at the All Wales People First Conference in September 2008 and said: "I congratulate those responsible for the 'Abuse - Tell Someone DVD' which is another step in the right direction of protecting people with learning disabilities from abuse."
The interactive DVD is groundbreaking in that it contains audio, visual and written information which allows the viewer to interact with several parts of it which makes it accessible to as many people with learning disabilities as possible.
For more information and to order a DVD click here or call Learning Disability Wales on 029 2068 1160.
