Wales’s most disadvantaged groups of people are being left even further behind the rest of society, Britain’s equality body has warned in the largest ever report on the state of equality and human rights in Wales and across Britain. The ‘Is Wales Fairer? (2018)’ report is the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s most comprehensive review … Continued
Learning Disability Wales has welcomed Welsh Government’s commitment to improve the independence of disabled people in Wales as it opens a consultation on its new framework and action plan for independent living. ‘Action on disability: the right to independent living’ aims to develop and improve access to help, advice and services for disabled people in … Continued
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
Learning Disability Wales are pleased to announce that we have made available for free all the resources in Clear and Easy, our popular handbook for making accessible information. The Clear and Easy handbook is for anyone who is, or should be, producing accessible information for people with a learning disability. It will support different sized … Continued
Learning Disability Wales is delighted to share with you that we will be a partner organisation to the new Welsh Youth Parliament which is launching in January 2019. We are looking forward to making sure that young disabled people are represented. We will be publishing news of how you can put yourself forward for election … Continued
We are pleased to support Paul Ridd Foundation’s campaign and petition to make learning disability training to hospital staff mandatory. Yesterday ITV Wales News visited Paul Ridd Foundation to support their work. Our new Chief Executive Officer, Martyn Jones was interviewed and gave Learning Disability Wales’ views. ITV Wales news 1 August 2018: 6pm please … Continued
The National Assembly for Wales has opened a new consultation into the impact of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 in relation to carers in Wales. The consultation from the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee is calling for evidence about: The impact of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 on … Continued
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
Welsh Government have today launched a new programme to improve the lives of people with a learning disability in Wales. Learning Disability Wales welcomes a new focus and commitment from Welsh Government to improving the lives of children and adults with a learning disability in Wales. The Improving Lives Programme forms part of Welsh Government’s … Continued
The Wales Audit Office has recently published a report into commissioning of accommodation services for adults with learning disabilities. It concluded that local authorities are generally meeting the accommodation needs of adults with learning disabilities, but existing commissioning arrangements are unlikely to be fit for purpose in the future. This review focussed on assessing if … Continued
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