As part of our commitment to increasing people with a learning disability’s access to high quality accessible information, Learning Disability Wales is making our dictionary of easy read definitions free to everyone that produces easy read information. Our dictionary of easy read definitions is a crucial resource that our Easy Read Wales team have built … Continued
We have been delighted to welcome five new members of staff to the Learning Disability Wales team recently. Over the past few weeks we have been introducing our new staff and asking them how their roles will help us to create a Wales that values and includes every child, young person and adult with a … Continued
Over the past few weeks we have been introducing the five new members of staff who have recently joined Learning Disability Wales. Today we introduce Rebecca Chan, our new Accessible Information Officer, who will be working on our expanded Easy Read Wales team. “I am very excited to join Learning Disability Wales as an Accessible … Continued
We are excited to welcome five new members of staff to our team at Learning Disability Wales. Over the next few weeks we will be introducing each new member of staff. Zoe Richards, our Acting Chief Executive, explains how our newly expanded team will have a significant impact on our work, and how we engage … Continued
New training standards have been issued by the Restraint Reduction Network in England to reduce the use of restrictive practices for some of the most vulnerable people in society. Commissioned by NHS England, the ‘Restraint Reduction Network Training Standards 2019’ provide a national and international benchmark for training in supporting people who are distressed in … Continued
Eight years after the UK government and the care industry said ‘never again’ following the Winterbourne View scandal, another BBC Panorama investigation – this time exposing the horrific abuse at Whorlton Hall hospital in County Durham, England – has shown that ‘never again’ seems a long way off. Zoe Richards, Acting Chief Executive of Learning … Continued
The All Wales Forum of Parents and Carers have released a new film about the rights of parents and family carers under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act. The short film includes two carers discussing their experience of the Act, how becoming aware of their rights has affected them and the changes they have … Continued
Women with learning disabilities are at risk of becoming drawn into the criminal justice system due to failures to recognise their disability and a lack of appropriate support, according to a new report published by the Prison Reform Trust and KeyRing Living Support Networks. The report, Out of the Shadows, draws on the experiences of 24 … Continued
A story on the Disability News Service website has reported a recent judgement that the Department for Work and Pensions failed for years to comply with its legal duties under the Equality Act by refusing to provide an accessible way for many disabled people to communicate with its staff about their benefits. The latest court … Continued
Learning Disability Wales has welcomed this week’s announcement by Welsh Government that it will provide “new support for previous recipients of the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG),” following significant representations by the #SaveWILG campaign. On Tuesday, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, Julie Morgan, announced changes to the way care is delivered for people previously … Continued
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