'Living My Best Life' Disability and Neurodiversity Strategy

About this page:

This page is here to support Staffordshire County Council to work with disabled and neurodiverse Staffordshire residents. We want to use the space to create an open and inclusive Staffordshire where we celebrate different abilities and work together to make things better.

Terms:

'Disabled people' can be anyone with a long-term medical condition which affects how they live their lives.

Data shows there are about 1 in 40 adults with a learning disability, 2 in 100 with a severe visual impairment, and 6 in 100 with impaired mobility.

'Neurodivergent' means anyone whose brain works in a different way, some examples of neurodivergence include autistic people, and people with dyslexia or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

It is estimated in the UK that 1 in 7 people are 'Neurodivergent'.

This page has three aims:

1) To raise awareness of the joint Strategy between Staffordshire County Council and the Integrated Care Board; Living My Best Life and Living My Best Life Easy Read

2) To build better connections and improve engagement with our disabled and neurodiverse community.

3) To enable disabled and neurodiverse people to influence the Council through the Staffordshire Disability and Neurodiversity Partnership Board which was formed as a way for disabled and neurodivergent people to raise and discuss things that are important to them. The Board meets three times a year and welcomes new members, and new discussion topics.