Widgit Literacy Symbols designed to support the Alphabet Strategy Diabetes Cards

The Diabetes Symbol Resources include simple text and symbol supported versions of the Alphabet Strategy Diabetes Cards, and the symbols and wordlists are available to download to use in Communicate: In Print 2.

People living with diabetes need to learn how to manage their diabetes and much education involves the use of materials which require literacy. The use of symbols has found to be effective, particularly for those with learning, literacy or language difficulties.  There are people with diabetes in all these groups. We have developed symbols for concepts and words related to diabetes, in order that diabetes materials might be presented using symbols, for the benefit of people who live with diabetes but have difficulties in reading.

The materials comprise laminated A4 sheets each covering specific diabetes issues related to the letters of the alphabet A to F. For example, for A the issue is advice, for B it is blood pressure, for F it is feet.

The symbols were developed in partnership with Warwick University, Warwick Diabetes Care Research User Group and the George Eliot Diabetes Care Team
The Alphabet Strategy was originally devised by the George Eliot Diabetes Care Team

Download it for use in Communicate: In Print 2, including all the additional graphics so that you can tailor the materials to suit your group and make your own materials.
You need 'Communicate: In Print 2' installed to able to use this resource

Download the packs as PDF Files. These do not require symbol software, but you will not be able to edit the activities.
You do not need any Widgit software to be able to use this resource

The card topics are:

Advice
Blood pressure
Cholesterol
Diabetes control
Eyes
Feet
Guardian Drugs