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Hijinx and the screen industry agree recommendations for casting actors with learning and developmental disabilities for film and TV

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Hijinx has launched seven recommendations for casting actors with learning and developmental disabilities for film and TV, whilst challenging the screen industry to produce a learning disabled Oscar winner by 2030. The standards, which include advice on avoiding stereotypes, auditioning appropriately and working in partnership, have been developed by Hijinx in a bid to promote … Continued

Llais magazine – it’s not goodbye, it’s au revoir

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Learning Disability Wales’ flagship magazine, Llais, recently published its very last printed edition after 28 years in production. In that time we have produced 122 editions, with 750 contributors, 1,500 photos and 850,000 words! To mark the last ever edition we asked some of our regular contributors, readers, and editors to reflect on what the … Continued

Don’t hold back: new report explores experiences of young people with learning disabilities as they become adults

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Learning Disability Wales has welcomed a new report published today by the Children’s Commissioner that has “shone a light” onto the transition experiences of young people in Wales. Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales, began thinking about the report after she met with a group of parents in North Wales in 2016 and asked each … Continued

New Lead Ambassador for Engage to Change

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Learning Disability Wales is sending our warmest wishes of congratulations and thanks to Gerraint Jones-Griffiths as he takes up his new role as Lead Ambassador for the Engage to Change project. The Engage to Change Lead Ambassador will organise and support a team of Project Ambassadors, who are to be recruited in the next few … Continued

Consultation response by Learning Disability Wales on The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill

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Learning Disability Wales (LDW) is supportive of the response provided by TSANA (Third Sector Additional Needs Alliance) as detailed below. In addition to our united response the paper highlights three other areas of concern for Learning Disability Wales. TSANA Response Multi agency working TSANA welcomes the significant attempt to strengthen the duty on health bodies … Continued

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