Towards Inclusive Responses to Sexual Violence

Access to Justice was a local research project, in partnership with Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland (RCTN) and Northumbria police. The research was funded by the N8 policing partnership and was completed in 2020.

We worked with Open Clasp Theatre Company and Us Too- a group of women with learning disabilities and/or autism who have experienced Domestic/Sexual Violence to co-create a script for a film. The result was the co-created film Us Too: Alisha’s Story- a film that tells the story of unheard survivors of sexual violence.

Us Too, Association for Real Change England (ARC-England) and the research team have co-created a series of visual resources for criminal justice agencies and for others with learning disabilities and/or autism. These co-created resources are available on our webpages

In our current research we are exploring sensory and experiences of police interview spaces.