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Charges for social care and cuts to provision during the Coronavirus pandemic?
Really glad to be working with self advocates, families and colleagues from across the country to challenge the injustice of the social care charges. Linking with local campaign across the country we will gather stories to build a campaign. The myth of social care...
Supported Loving webinar recordings e.g masturbation
Please click here to see the range of webinar recordings hosted by the Supported Loving Network at Choice Support. The webinars are on topics like: 'Masturbation' 'Stopping exploitation' 'Sexual safety, empowerment and prevention ' 'sex education for people with...
At greater risk of dying but not a vaccine priority: Mental health impact on the learning disabled (An article in Byline Times)
Saba Salman reports here on the absence of official recognition by the Government that people with learning disabilities have been disproportionately affected by the Coronavirus pandemic in a number of ways.
Feeling pain and valuing people (Blog by Paula Hopes)
'There is an unfortunate misconception that people with learning disabilities do not feel pain in the same ways as others. I’ve heard this said, out loud, by people who should really know better. This myth is damaging...' Read this blog by Paula Hopes, Learning...
‘Stories from social care leadership: Progress amid pestilence and penury’ (A report from The King’s Fund)
The King’s Fund conducted interviews with people from a range of organisations, from a small number of more national voices to directors of adult social services and people with learning disabilities. They asked: Where the leadership in social care lies? How effective...
The woman who live-tweets inquests (BBC news footage)
George Julian live-tweet the inquests of people with learning disabilities and autism. She says she does this to bear witness to those individuals and to raise awareness of how they died. Watch this coverage on BBC News.
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