Last week I went to a meeting on the Quality Matters initiative at the Department of Health and Social Care. With lots of other important and senior people we talked about what should be the focus of attention if we are to improve adult social care in the UK.

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Learning Disability England has been talking and thinking about inclusion a lot recently. More than usual I realise.

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Disability Hate crime and how we talk about people 

We have written this blog because we want to remind everyone that how we talk about people matters. The words we use make a difference to how people see people each other. Sometimes we hear people with learning disabilities talked about as if they are different to everyone else or even dangerous.

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We are recruiting a communications lead to join our small team who will bring communications expertise and support to our work

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The Shaw Trust Power list is a list of 100 of the most inspirational disabled people in the UK this year.

Read more › “The disability power list”