Stop People from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Backgrounds Dying Too Young.
In the North East, we have a project called Stop People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People Dying Too Young.
We are building on this project by looking specifically at why people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds die even younger than White people.
The project aims to reduce health inequalities for Black, Asian and ethnic minority people who have a learning disability or are autistic.
Recent research shows that people with a learning disability from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are dying younger than anyone else and many of these early deaths can be prevented.
Research also shows that Black, Asian and minority ethnic people are more likely to live in their own or family homes. This means there is an impact on family carers, whose needs are often not met.
Our long term aim is
To reduce health inequalities for people with a learning disability, autistic people and family carers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds
Our short term aims are
To educate professionals about health inequalities and how to tackle them
To raise awareness with people with a learning disability, autistic people and family carers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds about their rights and how to access services and support
To give people with a learning disability, autistic people and family carers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds the opportunity to share their experiences of trying to access health, education and social care
As part of our work on health inequalities we are putting some information on our website in different languages spoken by local communities.
Our first information is in Urdu
A short explanation of autism. You can read it here
Reasonable adjustments. You can find here
Health inequality postcards. You can find here
Annual health checks here
Mental Capacity Act here
This project is being led by Syed Ullah, a family carer with lived experience and professional background.
It would be great if our learning could feed into other projects, and we would like to work together with other organisations looking at the same issues.
We also want to hear from people with a learning disability, autistic people and family carers from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, so that your experiences of health inequalities can be fed into the system so we can work together to make change happen.
Please email info@inclusionnorth.com to contact the project