Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability, National Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum Disorder Database.

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	There are two ways to search the eSAY Database. The first is a simple search. In the simple search, you will find a set of frequently asked questions that people want to ask the database. If you want to you can build your own question using our complex query search engine. This will guide you through the sections of the eSAY dataset and help you to build your search. If you would prefer to build your own question you can use the complex search engine. Start using the complex search pages.

You can use the Database FAQs pages to focus on the most commonly searched topics. Easy to follow graphs help you to compare results.
Section1: Person Information
	*How many people are married or in long term relationships?* This will tell you about whether people are getting married or living with their partners.
Section2: Housing
	*What types of houses do people live in?* This will tell you about how many people live in mainstream housing and how many people live in other types of accommodation.
Section3: Current Services and Opportunities
	*How many people have an advocate?* This will tell you about whether or not people have advocates and the type of advocacy people are getting.
Section4: Health Information
	*How many people with learning disabilities also have a visual impairment?* This will tell you how many people have a visual impairment and how many do not.
Section5: Needs Record
*What types of needs do people have and are they being met?* This will tell you about the main needs that people have and whether they are being met or not.
*What are the main reasons why some people’s needs are not being met?* This section will tell you what the main reasons are when services are not able to meet people's needs.
Section 5: Finance
There are no questions in this section just now.
*Is there a question that you want answered that is not here?* You can try our advanced search engine or email your question to us at esay@scld.co.uk and we will consider adding it to this page. We will review the questions that people send and will add questions that are often asked.

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