To mark Mental Health Awareness Week we’re publishing a new easy read guide to help people with learning disabilities look after their mental health and well-being. People with learning disabilities are far more likely to experience mental health issues. But there is a lack of easy to read and understand information out there, telling people … Continued
People with a learning disability are more likely to experience poor mental health than the general population. To mark Mental Health Awareness Week we have brought together many useful resources about mental health and well-being for people with a learning disability – including easy read guides and helpful organisations. Mental ill-health is common, affecting one … Continued
Learning Disability Wales is excited to announce we are teaming up with major UK rock band IDLES for an online fundraiser for our Gig Buddies Cymru project. Read an easy read version of this news story (PDF) The online fundraising gig is being organised by IDLES bassist Adam ‘Dev’ Devonshire to raise funds for Gig … Continued
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 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
We want Wales to be the best country in the world for people with a learning disability to live, learn and work. Our policy work plays a central role in this by influencing government so people with a learning disability can enjoy the same rights as everyone else in Wales. We do this through working … Continued
Adults with a learning disability across the UK have experienced a major reduction in access to some care and support services, such as annual health checks and contact with a social worker, during the coronavirus pandemic. Over 60% of people with learning disabilities who had routinely seen healthcare professionals before the first lockdown in March … Continued
Improvement Cymru has developed an easy read health profile for people with a learning disability to use when accessing health to make sure staff get the right information about the person to provide the best health care that meets the person’s needs. A Health Profile will have information about someone’s health, their care and support … Continued
An updated report from Improvement Cymru, part of Public Health Wales, suggests that people in Wales with learning disabilities are more likely to die from Coronavirus than the rest of the population. The report ‘COVID-19-related deaths in Wales amongst People with Learning Disabilities’ analysed existing data from 1 March to 19 November 2020. The study … Continued
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