Toolkits
The three Toolkits in this collection focus on specific disabilities or conditions. The Sight Loss Toolkit is free and open to all. The Neurodiversity Toolkit and Mental Health Toolkit contain some free resources.
Members and Partners enjoy exclusive access to the full range of Knowledge Hub resources plus additional membership benefits.
Sight Loss Toolkit
Guidance for employers, healthcare professionals, businesses, people with sight loss and their friends and family. The Sight Loss Toolkit has been commissioned and funded by Roche.
Neurodiversity Toolkit
Neurodiversity-smart businesses are better businesses.
Mental Health Toolkit
Make sure your organisation is disability-smart around mental health.
Factsheets and briefings
Find out more about a range of specific disabilities and health conditions. Most of the resources in this section are open to all.
Factsheet – Learning disabilities
Practical guidance for managers and senior leaders on recruiting and employing people with learning disabilities.
Briefing – Employment adjustments for people with epilepsy
There are approximately 600,000 people in the UK with some form of epilepsy.
Briefing – Employment adjustments for people with cancer
Employees with cancer may need a range of adjustments depending on its severity and the treatment they receive.
Supporting employees with food sensitivities
This resource is the second part of our three-part factsheet on food sensitivities.
Factsheet – Food sensitivities
Guidance for businesses on supporting employees and customers with food sensitivities.
Introduction to food sensitivities
This resource is the first part of our three-part factsheet on food sensitivities.
Supporting customers with food sensitivities
This factsheet details steps businesses can take to welcome and support customers, clients and other visitors with food sensitivities.
Briefing – Employment adjustments for people with asthma
When someone with asthma comes into contact with something they are sensitive to, their airways become narrower, making it harder to breathe.
Factsheet – Stress, anxiety and depression
Guidance on what stress, anxiety and depression are, how they can affect someone at work, and adjustments to support employees.
Factsheet – Cluttering
A person with cluttered speech may talk rapidly and in a way that sounds disorganised or unclear.
Factsheet – ADHD
ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is a condition that affects a person’s concentration and activity levels.
Factsheet – Autism
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a condition that affects how a person behaves, communicates and interacts with others.
Factsheet – Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a condition that affects a person’s ability to read and write. It can also affect working memory and organisational skills.
Factsheet – Dyspraxia
People with dyspraxia can find it harder to perform tasks that require dexterity, physical co-ordination or balance.
Factsheet – Dyscalculia
Dyscalculia affects the parts of the brain that deal with numbers and reasoning.
Factsheet – Fluctuating and recurring conditions
The effects of some health conditions can come and go or change over time.
Factsheet – Energy-limiting conditions
Some health conditions and disabilities can reduce a person’s physical and cognitive energy levels.
Factsheet – Chronic pain
Between a third and half of the UK population experiences chronic pain.
Factsheet – PTSD
How to spot PTSD in the workplace and support employees experiencing PTSD.
Factsheet – Burnout
Guidance on how to spot burnout in employees and suggested adjustments to support employees.
Factsheet – Visible differences
A visible difference is anything on an individual’s face or body that makes them look different.
Factsheet – Tourette’s syndrome
Tourette’s syndrome (TS) is a neurological condition that causes a person to ‘tic’.
Factsheet – Chronic fatigue syndrome and M.E.
CFS / ME is a long-term illness, with extreme tiredness being the most common symptom.
Factsheet – Eating disorders
There are several different types of eating disorder. They can affect people of all backgrounds.
Factsheet – Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is the name for a group of conditions that affect a person’s mobility and co-ordination.
Factsheet – Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord.
Factsheet – Long COVID
Someone experiencing symptoms 12 weeks after initial infection may have long COVID.
Factsheet – Respiratory diseases
In the UK, 10,000 people are diagnosed with a lung condition every week.
Factsheet – Gynaecological conditions
Advice on barriers and adjustments related to conditions such as PCOS, endometriosis and menopause.
Factsheet – Diabetes
Diabetes is the name for a group of diseases that cause a person to have high sugar levels in the blood.
Factsheet – Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a long-term mental health condition experienced by approximately one in 100 people.
Factsheet – Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a long-term condition with widespread pain being the most common symptom.
Factsheet – Vertigo
Vertigo is not a fear of heights – it is the feeling that you or your surroundings are spinning.
Briefing – Employment adjustments for people with musculoskeletal conditions
Musculoskeletal conditions affect the joints or tissues in the back, upper limbs or lower limbs, resulting from injuries or health conditions.
Briefing – Employment adjustments for people who stammer
Stammering (also referred to as stuttering) is typically recognised by a tense struggle to get words out.
Briefing – Employment adjustments for people with sight loss
Over two million people in the UK are living with sight loss, with around 350,000 people registered as blind or partially sighted.
Briefing – Employment adjustments for people with HIV or AIDS
Most people with HIV have no problems at work – but occasionally, employers need to make adjustments.
Briefing – Employment adjustments for people with hearing loss
One in six people (11 million people) live with a degree of hearing loss in the UK.
Learning disability: shifting the dial on employment
Reflections from BDF CEO Diane Lightfoot on learning disabilities and employment.
Factsheet – Stroke
How to spot the signs of a stroke, and what employers can do to support employees and customers who have had a stroke.
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