This illustrated pdf storybook helps explain cerebral palsy to young children and how messages in a child’s brain can sometimes get “stuck in traffic”.

Illustrated early years pdf storybook from the UK disability charity Scope showing how tube-feeding doesn't stop young disabled children having fun.

Celine’s New Splints is a story that helps parents explain to children about wearing leg splints and helps young disabled children feel better about them.

Speaking for Ourselves podcast on disabled customers, from the oral history of people with cerebral palsy produced by the disability charity Scope. Disabled people in the UK represent a market worth £80 billion a year and yet they are not always treated as valuable customers.

In this film, we ask prominent disabled people from the disability community what is the social model of disability, and why is it important to them? The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised, rather than by a person’s impairment or difference. It looks at ways of removing barriers that restrict life choices for disabled people. When barriers are removed, disabled people can be independent and equal in society, with choice and control over their own lives.

Part of Scope’s Speaking for Ourselves disability teaching pack, this timeline depicts significant landmarks for disabled people’s history in the 20th century.

UK disability charity Scope’s Speaking for Ourselves disability teaching pack.

It is estimated that 5% of eight-year-old children wake regularly during the night. Approximately 12% of all eight-year-olds have problems settling to sleep. Research has shown that, whilst the vast majority improve over time, disabled children are more likely to have persistent problems in settling to sleep.

UK disability charity Scope's In the Picture campaign raises awareness of the need to include disabled children in the books they read. If you are looking for picture books that feature disabled characters, why not check out our list?

Part of Scope’s Speaking for Ourselves teaching pack, this 15-minute video shows people with cerebral palsy talking about their lives in 20th century.

Part of Scope’s Speaking for Ourselves disability teaching pack, these lesson plans will help support classroom discussion of diversity and the social model of disability.