“These books are there to help tell a story and put that story into pictures so that everybody can understand. I think that is why so wonderful that the series is called ‘Beyond Words’ because what people experience, what people suffer, in domestic violence is quite often beyond words.”

“An enormous amount of people who we see at Respond, as well as having survived abuse within their families, go on to make intimate relationships themselves, which are also violent. It is very hard for them to speak of this because often it is such an amazing thing for someone with a learning disability to be in a relationship, which can be quite a challenge sometimes in itself, that the last thing you want to do is to tell someone that it’s not working out too well. And they may not always recognise that relationships should not be as bad as the one they are in. So these books will help people to conceptualise that, and let us know, and to tell their own story through the pictures.”

“It was a privilege to go and get involved with the book and for other people to hear my voice so that they could get help. I am so happy that the book is ready and it is amazing how it has come out and that people now have copies.”