- Your local community learning disability team (CLDT) – they are usually local authority or borough-based and have referral forms on-line. So you can find them on google.
- Your local Autism or Neurodevelopmental team. Not everywhere has these but they are intended for people with autism i.e. those who don’t also have a learning disability.
- Some areas have community-based forensic learning disability teams who specialise in those with risky behaviour. Usually they take referrals from the CLDTs, rather than directly from families or people with LD.
- If your family member is still a child, you will need to contact your local Child and Adolescent mental health service (CAMHS). They provide services for all children, including those with learning disabilities. See this link:
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/your-guide-to-support/guide-to-camhs/
- Let us know if you have trouble finding your local ones, email saferidd@kent.ac.uk
- Lucy Faithfull Foundation for help with child sexual abuse: https://www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk/
- Respond – a London based charity for people with learning disabilities or autism who have experienced trauma or abuse – https://www.respond.org.uk
- National Autistic Society- https://www.autism.org.uk
- Mencap – https://www.mencap.org.uk
- For prisons: https://www.gov.uk/support-for-families-friends-of-prisoners