Dec 10, 2025
Telling It Like It Is
Getting the voices of people with a learning disability, autism or other support needs heard
Experts by experience from across Northern Ireland
We help each other to Tell It Like It Is and get our voices heard.
By standing together and speaking out for ourselves and others we know we can help make real change happen.
We are often invited to
- speak at events
- tell people what we think about important things happening in Northern Ireland
- take part in research and project that look at new ways of doing things.
If you’d like to work with us, give us a call.
Please note we do not offer individuals 1:1 advocacy support. All the advocacy work we do is with groups where we identify a common issue and share a collective voice.
‘We are different ages, from different places and we work together to make things better.’
Learn new skills
TILII members support each other to learn new skills and be more confident.
We help each other to be the best we can be.
We learn about
- our rights
- keeping ourselves safe
- respecting different values and beliefs
- how we can help everyone be part of our communities and
- ways to make change happen.
‘One voice can be ignored, all our voices cannot.’
Training others
- We train people with a learning disability about advocacy and how to speak out for themselves.
- We train new health and social care staff about our experiences of being supported.
- We help staff do their jobs well and make a real difference to our lives.
‘Behind every person with a learning disability there is a human being who has a voice.’
Film and Report
We make films and write stories through TILII TV and Roving Reports.
- We interview people.
- We tell our stories and the stories of others.
- We ask important questions.
- We share useful information.
- We have good craic!
‘TILII is about working hard, making a difference, and having a laugh’
Make Easy Reads
- We make hard information easy to understand through our Accessible Information Service, TILII Translates.
- We make easy reads and easy to understand films.
- We give people the information they need to make decisions and do more for themselves.
‘Getting rid of the jargon and making it into plain English so people can understand and speak out.’
Want to raise money to help us do our work?
TILII Groups
We have TILII groups across Northern Ireland in
- Belfast
- Bangor
- Downpatrick
- Enniskillen and
- Muckamore.
If you want to be a TILII member, fill out our membership form and send it back to us.
Once we have your form we will talk to you, or someone who supports you, before your first TILII meeting.
News &
Events
Events and news that challenge, inform and help you to take action.