Symbol Development:
This project was developed by Widgit Software in partnership with medical professionals.
Special thanks to South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, Warwickshire Integrated Disability Service, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The aim of the project was to develop symbols to enhance understanding in healthcare settings for children, patients with learning difficulties or autism, and people who have English as an additional language.
The symbols cover the following topics:
Medical
- General Vocabulary
Responses and Waiting, Time and Date, People, Hygiene and Protection, Food, Emotions.
- Body and Organs
Body Parts, Organs
- Health Issues
Health, Pain and Numbness, Injury, Ilness and Allergy, Heart and Lung, Conditions and Medical Problems, Skin, Digestive System, Hands and Feet, Eyes, Sleep.
- First Aid
First Aid, Recovery Position, CPR
- Hospital
In Hospital, Documetns, Medical Professionals, Places
- Assessment
General Assessment, Specific Assessment
- Treatment and Aids
Medication, About Medicine, General Treatment, Specific Treatment, Aids and Mobility
- X-Ray
X-Rays and Casts
- Dental
Teeth, Mouth and Dentistry, Dental X-Ray
- Tracheostomy
Tracheostomy and Stoma
- Babies and Family Planning
Puberty and Menstration, Sexual Health, Genitalia and Sex Organs, Contraception, Pregnancy and Birth, Babies, Baby's Health
- Substance Misuse
Drug Types, Alcohol, Substance Misuse
Psychiatry
- Relationships and Problems
- Behaviour
- Thoughts and Compulsions
Thoughts, Passivity Insertion and Withdrawal, Anxiety, Compulsions
- Mood
Depression, Hypomania
- Risk Assessment and Self Harm
Abuse Risk Assessment, Suicide and Self Harm
- Hallucinations
Visual Hallucinations, Auditory Hallucinations, Perceptual Disorders, Delusions
- Law