Meet our founder, Sarah McBrearty
During the 25 years I spent working with adults with learning disabilities, including 18 years as a social worker, I saw the same situations around behaviour, safety and health arising again and again.
In almost every case, adults with learning disabilities were expected to know about consent, privacy and healthy relationships when nobody had ever explained those things to them in a way they could properly understand.
So, I decided to do something about it.
In 2021, I went back to university, gained a first-class honours degree in 3D Design and Craft, and started making the tools I’d spent the last two-and-a-half decades wishing I’d had.
Why INCLUD3D exists
People with learning disabilities grow up surrounded by relationships. They see parents, siblings, friends, support staff and people on television falling in love, living together, and getting married. They want those same things too.
And yet, most of these people reach adulthood having received little or no accessible relationships or sex education. Not only does this impact their quality of life, happiness and ability to make empowered decisions, but it shows up over and over again in safeguarding referrals: non-consensual touching, inappropriate behaviour in public places, and sexual exploitation.
Accessibility was the barrier.
Because not everyone learns through dolls, words and diagrams. For many people, understanding is multi-dimensional and relational – involving dialogue, objects, gestures, body language, sensory information, signs, symbols or assistive technology.
I wondered… how much more effective could learning be if there was an entire range of 3D resources designed specifically to make complex, abstract topics tangible?
The answer to that question became INCLUD3D.
What makes our learning tools different?
Every one of our 3D learning tools started as a topic that felt too difficult, embarrassing, or complicated to explain.
I considered making dolls first, as they were one of the few 3D resources I’d seen used. But I wanted to truly innovate and offer something genuinely new.
I thought about every single concept I’d struggled to explain in the past, and what the simplest way to teach it would be.
What if traffic lights could demonstrate consent? What if textures could help someone feel the difference between a healthy and unhealthy situation? How could we use representations of real bodies to teach people about intimacy?
Full of ideas, I threw myself into studying technical product development, and then into learning sculpting, mould-making and casting from scratch.
I’d always felt that poorly-made, badly-designed teaching aids were disrespectful to learners.
I wanted INCLUD3D to set a new standard.
That’s why every tool INCLUD3D makes is designed thoughtfully, prototyped carefully and tested rigorously in real workshops with adults with learning disabilities before it’s available to buy.
Awards INCLUD3D has won
Annamaria Desogus Memorial Award 2025
Prize Winner
Awarded by Jehane
People & Planet Prize 2026
Third Place
Awarded by the University of Brighton & Bee Purple
StartUp Hive 2026 Pitch
Third Place
Awarded by the University of Brighton
What we stand for
Understanding
Understanding is essential for learning. We never start from what someone can't understand. We start with what they can, and take the learning from there.
Clarity
Clarity is kindness. You can't safeguard someone by keeping information from them. We don’t do euphemisms, vagueness, or skirting around the difficult bits.
Excellence
Excellence signals respect. Well-made resources make people feel worthy. Every tool is designed, prototyped and tested until it's enjoyable to use as well as effective.
Co-creation
Co-creation leads to empowerment. Input from people with learning disabilities shapes our tools and our teaching, alongside professionals bringing us real scenarios and challenges.
Ways to work with us
Workshops
Book an expert-facilitated, in-person workshop for adults with learning disabilities, built around our 3D learning tools, or purchase workshop packs giving you the tools, frameworks and scripts you need to facilitate sessions independently.
3D learning tools
Thoughtfully designed, high-quality, 3D tools to teach consent, relationships, intimacy and health to adults with learning disabilities. Each product comes with a detailed explanation and guidance on how to use it in training sessions and workshops.
Consultancy
Some challenges don't fit neatly into a workshop framework. They need dedicated, specific support. With almost 30 years’ experience in social work, safeguarding and learning disability practice, we provide dedicated consultancy and advice for organisations.
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