Wendy Perez
Associate Consultant
Much of Wendy’s training and consultancy is focused on Direct Payments, involving people with learning difficulties, Person Centred Planning, making information accessible, developing self advocacy , self determination, evaluation and leadership training for people with learning difficulties. She has previously worked for St Georges Hospital, Kings College and was involved in developing the learning disability policy which became Valuing People – visiting the USA as part of a government led fact finding team. Wendy has also been involved in training medical students in one of the country’s first such schemes.
Wendy is one of Britain’s leading self advocates and has co-authored a number of publications including a chapter in Learning Disability Today, a number of books in the Books Beyond Words, The Good Practice Guide to Health and Deciding Together, as well as being a past contributor to Mencap’s newsletter, Viewpoint.
Wendy was one of the first people with learning difficulties in Britain to have a Direct Payment and now employs her own staff. Based in Hammersmith, London, when Wendy isn’t working she is an avid Arsenal supporter, and involved in DJ’ing, going under the name of ‘Hotwheels’.