People First (Self Advocacy)
National user-led self-advocacy organisation run by and for people with learning difficulties or learning disabilities, including autistic people within its stated scope, with individual members and member self-advocacy organisations.
Scope for navigation
International / not jurisdiction-specific Organisation
No narrower UK jurisdiction is asserted by the reviewed scope; check the resource itself for local availability and eligibility.
What it is for
Finding a user-led self-advocacy organisation and map of member organisations where governance by people represented is central to the model.
Who or what context
People with learning difficulties or learning disabilities, including autistic people within People First's stated scope, and self-advocacy organisations.
Access
Related topics
Questions that lead here
- How can I find an organisation where neurodivergent or disabled people genuinely have leadership and decision-making power?
- How can I tell whether a group or organisation is actually peer-led rather than just saying it values lived experience?
- Where can I look if I want a cross-neurodivergent community rather than a group for one diagnosis?
Limitations and possible poor fit
- People First is not a directory for every neurodivergent condition.
- Member organisations are independent and need their own current accessibility, safeguarding and service-quality checks.
- User-led governance is not a universal quality or safety guarantee.
Cost and access notes
- Individual and eligible self-advocacy organisation membership is described as free on the reviewed membership route.
Ownership and conflicts
Evidence status
This listing makes no efficacy or safety claim. It records what the resource is, what it is for, how to reach it and what limitations are already known.
Page provenance and review state
Bounded first-party review for the Organisations & peer community UK v1 reference slice; inclusion records identity, access and scope without endorsing quality, safety or outcomes.