Month: June 2017
Manifestos – People with Learning Disabilities
Here are the people who are standing for election to the Representative Body in the category of People with Learning Disabilities.
Voting has now closed. You can see who was elected here.
Read more “Manifestos – People with Learning Disabilities”Manifestos – Organisations and Professionals
Here are the people who are standing for election to the Representative Body in the category of Organisations and Professionals.
Voting has now closed. You can see who was elected here.
Read more “Manifestos – Organisations and Professionals”Manifestos – Families and Friends
Here are the people who are standing for election to the Representative Body in the category of Families and Friends.
Voting has now closed. You can see who was elected here.
Read more “Manifestos – Families and Friends”People with Learning Disabilities and Families Need to be Listened to
In this blog post, LDE Co-Founder Gary Bourlet responds to the news about the death of Danny Tozer.
Read more “People with Learning Disabilities and Families Need to be Listened to”Our response to the Queen’s speech
This is what Learning Disability England thinks about the Queen’s Speech (21st June 2017).
Read more “Our response to the Queen’s speech”We Need to Ask Ourselves Difficult Questions
Danny Tozer died on 22nd September 2015 after having a seizure in his bedroom in a shared house where he was supported by Mencap.
Read more “We Need to Ask Ourselves Difficult Questions”Community Catalysts helping to unlock the assets of people with a learning disability or autism
This year Learning Disability Week focuses on employment which social enterprise Community Catalysts welcomes, as they recognise that people with a learning disability and those on the autistic spectrum have skills, interests and talents that are often unseen and untapped.
Read more “Community Catalysts helping to unlock the assets of people with a learning disability or autism”Women with Learning Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System
LDE member KeyRing and the Prison Reform Trust are working on a project that looks at the experiences of women with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system.
Read more “Women with Learning Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System”General Election 2017
In this blog post, Gary Bourlet, Co-Founder of Learning Disability England, shares some thoughts about the General Election on 8th June.
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