Sheila Hollins - Mugged

Mugged

Sheila Hollins, Christiana Horrocks
and Valerie Sinason

illustrated by Lisa Kopper

Beyond Words
London

Who is this book for?

This book is for anyone who finds pictures easier to understand than words.

People with intellectual disabilities are currently the main group of people finding the book useful. In the UK we talk about someone having a learning disability, or sometimes learning difficulty. Intellectual disability is the term that people use in other parts of the world.

Someone with an intellectual disability may find it hard to understand new or complex information and to learn new skills. They may need support to live as independently as they choose. Their condition will have started before adulthood and have a lasting impact on their life.

Having an intellectual disability does not mean that a person is not capable of understanding the advice, support or treatment they are given. Many people will be able to understand a situation more easily and make good decisions with the help of the pictures in this book. Some may benefit from just one or two well-chosen pictures. Others will need extra time and support to understand information, whether presented in simplified language or non-verbally.

People with intellectual disabilities have helped to develop each of the books in the Beyond Words series.

Other people will find the picture stories in Books Beyond Words useful too:

people with other cognitive or communication difficulties, such as dementia

people who have difficulty with reading, including some Deaf people

people who do not use the language of the country where they are living.

Mugged

Have you ever been mugged or do you know someone who has? This story is about a young man called Charlie who is attacked in the street. The book shows how Charlie is helped by speedy police action, Victim Support and back-up from friends, family members and supporters.

We all like to feel safe when going out and about in the community doing things such as going to the shops, parks, films and coffee bars. But we need to be aware that bad things can happen. Young men are at most risk of being mugged, and must take extra care. The good advice in this book is for everyone, and includes suggestions for role-playing different responses to unwelcome approaches from strangers.

The Books Beyond Words series

Professor Baroness Hollins and her team have spent many years working with different kinds of people on sensitive issues and have learnt a lot about what is important to them. Books Beyond Words are the result of careful development with the help of people who do not read or who find pictures easier to understand than words.

How to read Mugged

There is no right or wrong way to read this book. Remember it is not necessary to be able to read the words.