People With A Learning Disability

Live Longer, Live Well?

The ‘Living Longer, Living Well’ campaign was launched as part of Learning Disability Week 2026.  TILII Translates create an Easy Read explaining the things you can do to live well. During the week, the learning disability community shared their stories, their achievements and explained the things that matter to them.

TILII worked with 14 organisations to make three films for YouTube. We also made a short social media film called PROUD, bringing together photos and videos from the week.  The films showed the many ways people with a learning disability live their lives. They showed friendship, community, work, sport, creativity, achievement and having fun.

Most importantly, they showed that people with a learning disability have their own hopes, choices and dreams. People told us what Living Longer, Living Well means to them and why it is important to be listened to, included and supported to live the life they choose.

What Needs to Change?

Now we want to hear from you. We want to find out what life is really like for people with a learning disability, autism and other support needs as they get older. And if there are gaps in existing services.

We want to know:

• What support is working well?
• What could be better?
• Are there services you need but cannot get?
• What support is missing?
• What would help you live longer and live well?

Tell Us Your Thoughts

TILII has created an Easy Read questionnaire to help us find out what people think. We know that people with a learning disability, autism and other support needs, face barriers when trying to get the right support. And now we want to hear about people’s real experiences so we can understand what is working well and where more support may be needed.

We want to hear from as many people as possible.

If you have a learning disability, autism or other support needs, please take some time to complete the questionnaire and tell us what you think. You can ask a family member, friend or support worker to help you if you need support to complete it.

• Your voice matters.
• Your experience matters.
• Your ideas can help us understand what needs to change.

Please post your completed questionnaire to:

Association for Real Change Northern Ireland (ARC NI)

The McSweeney Centre,

First Floor,

31 Henry Place,

Belfast BT15 2AY

Or you can email Louise Hughes at: louise.hughes@arcuk.org.uk

Together, we can help make sure people with a learning disability are listened to, included and supported to live longer and live well.