A little book about me

How it works

1. Choose a booklet: My user manual, My story or Passport for school or work.
2. Fill in the pages one by one. Choose a sentence starter and finish the sentence, or write something of your own. Anything you leave empty gets lines, so you can fill it in by hand later.
3. Add stickers or make a drawing. On the front you put your name and, if you like, a self-portrait.
4. Leaf through your booklet to see how it will look.
5. Print it on one sheet of A4. Cut once and fold it into a booklet. Would you rather not fold? Then just print it, two pages per sheet.

Why a booklet

With a new care worker, a new school, a new job or a place to stay, you often tell your story all over again. A small booklet does that for you. It is more personal than a form, and it fits in your coat pocket.

Three kinds of booklet

• My user manual uses the language of a manual: how I work best, warnings, troubleshooting, maintenance, recharging my battery and do not. For people you spend a lot of time with.
• My story is for a new care worker: who you are, who is around you, what is going on, what has been tried, what helps and what you want.
• Passport for school or work is about what you are good at, what you need help with and how someone can best talk to you.

You can change every title and every sentence.

Making it together

Tips for care workers who make the booklet together with a client are in the tool under Making it together.

Cutting and folding

The booklet fits on one sheet of A4. Print it at actual size, in landscape. The top row is upside down: that is how it should be. You only cut along the dashed line in the middle. The folding instructions are in the tool step by step, and on paper on a second sheet. This way of folding is called a zine.

Good to know

• Everything works with the keyboard. You move stickers with the arrow keys, or with the buttons below the picture.
• You can draw with a mouse, finger or pen. With the keyboard you can add stickers or write instead.
• Every page has a text version. Under View, choose Read the booklet as text.
• Are you writing about things that are hard, and do you want to talk about them? Do that with someone you trust, your GP or a care worker. In acute danger, call 112. If you are thinking about suicide, call 113 (the Dutch suicide prevention line) or 0800-0113 for free.

Your data

What you make stays in this page on your own device. Nothing is sent and nothing is stored in your browser. If you close or refresh the page, everything is gone. Your browser asks first if you have not saved yet.

• The file goes onto your device, in the place you choose. Everything you made is in it: your text, your self-portrait, your stickers and your drawings. Open it again later to carry on.
• If you choose ‘Save as PDF’ when printing, your booklet is saved as a file on your device.