Neurodiversity and learning disabilities – get involved

The Co-Production Partnership is working closely with Bradford Council and the NHS to make services better for people with learning disabilities or who are neurodivergent.

Last year we worked on some engagement events to find out what people wanted from the local strategies.

What does neurodivergent mean?

Neurodivergence is about people’s brains work in a way that is seen as unusual. People may experience the world in different ways to most people or have what is seen as unusual ways of thinking or behaving.

Neurodiverse conditions include autism, ADHD and ADD (Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder and Attention Deficient Disorder), Tourette’s Syndrome, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Dyscalculia. People sometimes have more than one neurodiverse condition, and may have other disabling conditions.

People also use the terms neurodiverse instead.

We are now working with people with lived experience and staff from the council to make sure that they have a real voice as these strategies go forward.

We are wanting people to get involved in the following areas of work. Click on this link to complete our get involved form.

Commissioning – this means deciding which organisations run services locally – This might be for things like housing support, short breaks or respite. You will work with staff from the council or NHS when you do this.
How do we know services are working well for the people who use them? This might be helping develop a survey to find out what is good and what needs to be made better in services.
Training staff – This might be helping write or deliver training sessions for staff. This will help them be better at working with people who have learning disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

Interviewing staff – This will be being part of the group (called a panel) which asks questions to ask people when they apply for jobs working with people with learning disabilities or who are neurodiverse. You might help write the questions or read the forms people send in to say why they will be good at the job.

Planning events around learning disabilities or neurodiversity. The events will be about topics which are important to us. These events often bring together people with lived experience   and people who work in services.

Checking information around learning disabilities or neurodiversity, for example on NHS or council websites or leaflets. This is to make sure that we understand it and it is written in a good way.

Guides to public buildings – visiting public buildings to make a guide about what they are like for people with learning disabilities or who are to visit. This might be council or NHS buildings, or places like gyms or cinemas. They may be written guides or made into short films.

Transitions – working with services to make sure that the guidelines for when children move to services for adults this is as easy as possible for the young person and their family.

Get involved form

If you would like to get involved with our work on making services better for people who are neurodivergent or have a learning disability please fill out this online form.

Areas to get involved

Select the areas below you would like to be part of. You can select as many boxes as you like.

If you want to be involved in any of this work we will make sure that you have appropriate support if you need it.

By submitting this form you understand that your information will be stored by the Co-Production Partnership, and may be shared with appropriate people in Bradford Council or the NHS so you can be involved in the work on neurodiversity and learning disabilities.

How we look after your information

Your information will be held securely by Equality Together. Paper copies will be held in a locked cupboard. Electronic copies will be password protected.

We will share it with colleagues from Bradford Council (Bradford Metropolitan District Council), the NHS (Bradford District Care Foundation Trust; Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board) who are co-ordinating projects you interested in working on.

We will not share your information with other organisations without asking you first.

We will not sell your information.

If you would like Equality Together or any of our partners listed above to delete (get rid of) your information you can contact enquiries@equalitytogether.org.uk