Learning Disability Wales has submitted a response to the Welsh Government consultation on Strategy for an ageing society: age friendly Wales. In our response we emphasised the need to include people with a learning disability in plans to make Wales an age friendly country. In terms of older people with learning disabilities, it is important … Continued
We are very pleased to announce some recent staff changes at Learning Disability Wales, covering our work on policy, research, communications and innovative projects. Cath Lewis – Senior Policy and Research Officer At the end of March we welcomed Cath Lewis to our Policy and Communications team as Senior Policy and Research Officer. Cath started … Continued
The 2021 Senedd election will be held on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect 60 members to the Welsh Parliament. We have compiled the easy read manifestos that have been produced so far by the main political parties in Wales, as well as an easy read guide to voting in the Senedd election. Easy read manifestos The following … Continued
Reform of the special educational needs system in Wales passed a significant milestone on 23 March when the new Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Code and regulations were approved by the Senedd. Why is this important? Although the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act was passed in 2018, it’s taken time to work out … Continued
The Nutrition and Wellbeing project provides one-to-one coaching with menu plans and nutritional advice. The Nutrition and Wellbeing programme is a project launched by Dimensions, aimed at increasing positive health outcomes for people with learning disabilities and autism. The project was set up to improve the health and wellbeing of people supported by Dimensions and … Continued
>
