Bridget Livesey
Specialist Autism and ADHD Trainer & Coach
EHCP Specialist
Bridget is mother to three amazing, unique young men who all have diagnostic combinations of autism and ADHD. Over the past two decades, Bridget has developed substantial understanding and appreciation of these conditions, and brings her experience and expertise to bear in her role as Specialist Autism/ADHD Coach and Trainer. Bridget is a clear and empathic communicator, born from her first career in journalism, and brings compassion and care to her work with both parents and professionals. Bridget is particularly passionate about supporting parents in building on their skills, understanding and ability to support their children through the use of proven and well-tested strategies.
Bridget has a particular interest in SEN law. She is a trained IPSEA adviser and helped launch the government’s Independent Support programme in Hertfordshire in 2014, at the time of the SEN law reforms. This programme helped parents navigate the introduction of Education, Health and Care (EHCP) processes. Since the closure of the programme in 2018, Bridget brings her EHCP knowledge and expertise to parents as an Independent SEN Adviser, drawing on her extensive SEN legal training and also her own personal experiences as a parent of children with an EHCP.
This website (www.add-vance.org) is run by The ADD-vance ADHD and Autism Trust. We want everyone to be able to use this website.
We are in the process of updating our website to meet WCAG 2.1AA requirements. That means you should be able to:
- zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader
We are also making the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- links to third party video players
- some headings may be non-hierarchical.
- Google Translate widget
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
Changing colours, font, text size and other settings
All modern browsers allow you to change colours and font sizes. We’ve tried to create a site which doesn’t get in the way when you change these settings.
For advice on changing settings, check out the BBC’s accessibility pages.
You can choose your operating system (for example, Windows), your browser (such as Internet Explorer) and the problem you’re trying to fix. You’ll then get lots of relevant advice on accessibility settings.
Screen readers
A screen reader is a program which reads out the information displayed on your computer to you. Screen readers can be useful to enable blind and partially-sighted people to browse the internet and carry out other tasks using their device.
There are a variety of screen readers available. The following website contain information regarding accessibility software and resources:
Leaving feedback and getting alternative formats
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille please contact us on: herts@add-vance.org
We try to write in plain English and avoid jargon. If you don’t understand something, let us know at: herts@add-vance.org
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact herts@add-vance.org
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Third party platforms
We often create or link to content which is hosted on third party platforms. This includes:
- content we create for social media, such as Facebook or Twitter
- videos hosted on YouTube or Vimeo
- PDFs or documents hosted on other websites
We’re responsible for ensuring the content we create meets accessibility requirements. However, we’re not responsible for the accessibility of the platform itself, or content which has been created by a third party.
For example, when we add video to one of our YouTube channels, we’ll ensure any subtitling, captions and audio-description are included as required. However, we’re not responsible for the accessibility of the video player itself.
Disproportionate burden
Some of the PDFs or word documents within our resources area of the website are not accessible. This is because many of the documents are designed to be printed off and used as worksheets, and are not used as digital documents. We have made the decision to host these documents on the website so that our users can download and print them if they wish, but they are exemptions to the web content accessibility guidelines.
