Study of the lives of people with a learning disability throughout the coronavirus pandemic in Wales Please can you help us by taking part in our UK wide study… Ffion, Chair of Caerphilly People First says “It would be great if people with a learning disability in Wales took part in the study. We want … Continued
From this week, adults (18 and over) who have Down’s syndrome are to be added to the group of people who are classed as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’. This means that they have been classed as at higher risk from coronavirus. The decision has been agreed across all four nations of the UK by their Chief … Continued
On 4 September, Public Health Wales published their study into COVID-19-related deaths in Wales amongst people with a learning disability Between March and May 2020, 31 people with a learning disability died from coronavirus (COVID-19). Public Health Wales believe this is about 20 to 26 more deaths than they would find in 15,000 people without … Continued
“Technology needs to be a part of life for people, not just a stop gap during the pandemic” Although many people with a learning disability are digitally excluded we have learnt that during the Covid-19 pandemic this has changed for the better. Karen Warner explores how the pandemic has accelerated the need for people with … Continued
At Learning Disability Wales we want to make sure that our organisation represents and includes people from all cultures and backgrounds. Our Chief Executive Officer, Zoe Richards is pleased to sign up to ACEVO’s eight principles to address the diversity deficit in charity leadership. We want to ensure that we embed these principles within our … Continued
Learning Disability Wales is a member of The Wales Carers Alliance that exists to uphold unpaid carers rights and champion the voice of carers across Wales. The Alliance has written a letter to Welsh Government to highlight the key issues and concerns carers have raised which have been caused by the impact of coronavirus. Sent … Continued
Some depressing findings in a national care review of 166 people with a learning disability in Wales in hospital settings show people often live there too long, people are being over-medicated and there is too much use of restrictive practices on people whose behaviours that challenge. Today Vaughan Gething, Minister of Health and Social Services … Continued
There has been an important and welcome judgement recently from the High Court that deemed that two parents with a learning disability are legally entitled to funded independent advocacy. Parents with a learning disability The case involves two young parents with a learning disability. Their local authority issued care proceedings. Two psychologists recommended advocates be … Continued
Parents often struggle to get the right support for their disabled children. To help with this, Cerebra have developed an accessing public services toolkit to support disabled people, families and carers who are encountering difficulties with statutory agencies. Derek Tilley from Cerebra explains how the toolkit can “help unpick commonly experienced problems and to offer … Continued
Following on from today’s BBC Breakfast news piece on the right to relationships for people with a learning disability, Grace Krause, Policy Officer at Learning Disability Wales explores why it is hard for people to have relationships. Grace details the work we are doing in Learning Disability Wales and calls for more training of support … Continued
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