Disability
What is disability?
Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments, which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.
How does disability affect mental health?
People with a physical disability or physical health problem are more likely to experience a mental health problem. In contrast, people with mental health problems are more likely to experience physical health problems.
- More than 15 million people - 30% of the UK population - live with one or more long-term conditions, and more than 4 million of these people will also have mental health problems.
- People with long-term physical conditions are likelier to have lower well-being scores than those without.
- People with cancer, diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure are at greater risk of a range of mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and PTSD.
- Of people with severe symptoms of mental health problems, 37.6% also have long-term physical conditions. This compares with 25.3% of people with no or few symptoms of a mental health problem.
Support
There a plenty of organisations that can help those with disabilities. If you know of any organisations that are not listed here and would like them to be, click here.
If you would like to see some national organisations that can help too, click here.
Disability Support Calderdale
Disability Support Calderdale is a Community Intrest Comany. A user led organisation that seeks to empower and enable disabled people to make informed choices by providing them with information and support.
Our information and support service promotes choice and provides people with a voice.
The service is run by and for disabled people.
We can support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions throughout the Calderdale district.
SENDIASS Calderdale
The SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Information, Advice and Support Service (formerly Parent Partnership Service) provides legally based, impartial, confidential and accessible information, advice and support for parents of children and young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities about education, health and social care.
The IAS (Information, Advice and Support) Service will be able to offer face to face, telephone and electronic information advice as well as casework and representation when needed. They will work impartially and confidentially with parents and children / young people together but will also ensure that they are able to provide a service directly and separately to children and to young people should they request it.
The Mayfield Trust
The Mayfield Trust is an independent charity with an excellent reputation for providing a quality service to children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and other complex needs.
The Mayfield Trust has developed its outreach services over a number of years and have established the trust and confidence of local families who need support for their loved ones. The term ‘Outreach’ can mean many different things, this is an umbrella term for a diverse range of support we can offer. Some families choose regular structured support each day, others prefer just weekends or even school holidays; each person is different and we adopt person-centred approaches to encourage this. We do not believe in a one size fits all model of care.
We support people to engage with many different community type activities, including social, leisure, education and employment. We actively promote people to become independent, to develop life skills and to gain confidence; these are all areas that will enhance wellbeing, self-esteem and quality of life outcomes. Helping people to establish friendships to broaden their social opportunities is also something we encourage.
Unique Ways
Our mission is to support parent carers of young people and children with disabilities by helping them build their skills and resilience, supporting them as they become more involved in community life, and ensuring their voices are heard.
Navigating support systems can be difficult, so we can also offer assistance with finding and accessing the right resources and services for you and your family.
Learning Disability Inpatient Services
Our learning disability inpatient services are based at Woodland Square which is at St. Mary’s Hospital.
The services at Woodland Square offer:
- Respite for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
- Respite for people with challenging behaviour
The services are of benefit to people who have a learning disability plus one, or more of the following:
- A mental disorder
- Autism
- Challenging behaviour
- Detained under the Mental Health Act
- Have multiple physical disabilities
- Have sensory impairment with dementia
- Continuing treatment for people who require longer term treatment.
West Yorkshire ADHD Support
We are here to support the ADHD community within West Yorkshire; this includes both adults and children with or suspected of having ADHD, and also their parents/carers and siblings.
What we do:
• Online support via our Facebook page
• Face to face and Zoom peer support meetings
• Children’s weekend and holiday activities
• Assistance getting your child the right support in school
• Help applying for DLA, PIP and Carer’s Allowance
Our support is not limited to this, let us know if there is something you need and we will do our best to help you. If we can't, we may be able to signpost you to someone who can.
Calderdale & Kirklees Recovery College
We run free courses for adults 18+ who want to improve their own wellbeing and/or the health and wellbeing of someone they care for or support. We focus on learning, building people’s skills and knowledge.
Our sessions have been designed and are run by people with a lived experience of mental health conditions and professionals who work with them.
The College is based on the principles of hope, control and personal responsibility. We believe that it is possible to regain a meaningful life, despite having a mental or physical health-limiting illness or disability. No assessment or referral process - simply enrol by calling us or going to our website.
Peter Doody Foundation
The Peter Doody Foundation supporting adults living with epilepsy, their family, friends and carers.
We’re a community of people working to normalise epilepsy and free young adults from stigma, limitations and fear helping young adults get on with their lives.
Field Lane Children's Centre
Sure Start Children’s Centre services include:
- Child and family health services
- Parent and Toddler Groups
- Support for children and parents including those with special needs
- Effective links with Job Centre Plus to support parents and carers who wish to consider training and employment
Children's Epilepsy Services
The Children’s Epilepsy team provides care and support to Children & Young People who have a diagnosis of epilepsy, and their families, living mainly but not exclusively within Calderdale & Greater Huddersfield.
The Epilepsy team is currently staffed by two Consultant Paediatricians', and one Associate Specialist, who all have expertise in childhood epilepsy.
The team also includes one full time and one part time Specialist Epilepsy Nurses, who provide advisory, educational and outreach support in the community setting. The Epilepsy Nursing team also provide a telephone advice service Mon-Fri 8am – 4pm and an answer machine facility is available, where messages can be left for the Nursing team out of hours.
Specialist Epilepsy clinics involving all the team, are held on alternate weeks at Calderdale Royal Hospital & Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (Acre Mill).
The Service aims to deliver and meet NICE Guidance and Best Practice Tariff standards for the care and management of children and young people with a diagnosis of epilepsy or probable epilepsy.
Sexual Health Clinics
There are a number of sexual health clinics in Calderdale. These offer free confidential advice and support around:
- Contraception.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).
- Sexual problems.
- Sexual assault.
- Pregnancy Testing
- Referral to Pregnancy services, including Termination of Pregnancy
- Provision of Emergency Contraception
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