Produced in partnership with Mencap, this inspiring book explains what learning disabilities are and shows that, whoever you are, you can and should have the same opportunities as everyone. Whether you want to be a popstar, activist, dancer, actor, baker or athlete, having a learning disability is no barrier to this.
Written by Natalie Duo, a Mencap ambassador who has a learning disability, this book tells about the challenges Natalie faced growing up and faces now in her everyday life. It shows readers how having a learning disability affects people's lives, and how best to understand, support and be an ally to people with learning disabilities. Find out what living with a learning disability is really like.
Supports the PSHE curriculum study of about respecting the differences and similarities between people and recognising what they have in common with others e.g. physically, in personality or background
Suitable for children aged 8+
1: Foreword;
2: I am Natalie Duo;
3: What is a learning disability?;
4: Disability or difficulty?;
5: Help and support;
6: Why does it happen?;
7: Whats it like having a learning disability?;
8: Talk to me!;
9: Be friendly;
10: Be positive;
11: Share the dream;
12: My family;
13: Dont ignore me!;
14: Little things count;
15: School life;
16: Staying safe online;
17: The right to work;
18: Your life, your way!;
19: Last word from Natalie;
20: Glossary;
21: Notes for parents and carers;
22: About Mencap;
23: Index;
Honor Head (Author) After a few false starts with a model agency and an accountant's, Honor Head's career as a children's writer and editor began when she joined a small publisher producing comics featuring children's television characters. The light bulb clicked on - Honor discovered she loved editing and writing for children - and has been burning brightly ever since. She has now published over 100 books for children on subjects as diverse as kitten care, famous outlaws, ghastly ghosts and totally awesome trucks as well as creating pop-ups, pull-outs and sticker books, and has edited many, many more. Honor now lives beside the seaside in Devon where she has fun helping out at the local museums organising family and school activities - a great way to meet her readers! On sunny days she heads for her favourite seaside café to eat cheese toasties and watch the dogs playing on the beach.
Sue Downing (Illustrator) Sue lives and works in a little eco house in Newcastle upon Tyne with her husband and two children. She loves to draw, design and make things. Since leaving Edinburgh College of art in the late 1990s, she's worked in-house, on a freelance basis, as an illustrator, product/licensed character developer, a designer/maker of jewellery, greetings cards and wrapping paper - never a dull moment! Sue's inspirations are many - from knitted toys, Japanese design, and Scandinavian Chic to Modernism, Dick Bruna and Info-graphics. She's drawn to anything that is quirky, humorous and minimal in design, and hopes that this is reflected in her illustration.
