Believe in Me

Natalie Duo, who has a learning disability herself, works for Mencap as a co-trainer, delivering training courses to companies about what it means to have a learning disability and how they can support and employ people with a learning disability. Natalie wants to raise awareness of how, with the right support, people with learning disabilities can achieve great things. After a few false starts with a model agency and an accountant's, Honor Head's career as a children's writer and editor began when she joined a small publisher producing comics featuring children's television characters. The light bulb clicked on - Honor discovered she loved editing and writing for children - and has been burning brightly ever since. She has now published over 100 books for children on subjects as diverse as kitten care, famous outlaws, ghastly ghosts and totally awesome trucks as well as creating pop-ups, pull-outs and sticker books, and has edited many, many more. Honor now lives beside the seaside in Devon where she has fun helping out at the local museums organising family and school activities - a great way to meet her readers! On sunny days she heads for her favourite seaside café to eat cheese toasties and watch the dogs playing on the beach. Sue lives and works in a little eco house in Newcastle upon Tyne with her husband and two children. She loves to draw, design and make things. Since leaving Edinburgh College of art in the late 1990s, she's worked in-house, on a freelance basis, as an illustrator, product/licensed character developer, a designer/maker of jewellery, greetings cards and wrapping paper - never a dull moment! Sue's inspirations are many - from knitted toys, Japanese design, and Scandinavian Chic to Modernism, Dick Bruna and infographics. She's drawn to anything that is quirky, humorous and minimal in design, and hopes that this is reflected in her illustration.

• 1: Foreword;2: I am Natalie Duo;3: What is a learning disability?;4: Disability or difficulty?;5: Help and support;6: Why does it happen?;7: What’s it like having a learning disability?;8: Talk to me!;9: Be friendly;10: Be positive;11: Share the dream;12: My family;13: Don’t ignore me!;14: Little things count;15: School life;16: Staying safe online;17: The right to work;18: Your life, your way!;19: Last word from Natalie;20: Glossary;21: Notes for parents and carers;22: About Mencap;23: Index;