Author: Samantha Clark
Quality matters
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.
Read more “Quality matters”Inclusion
Learning Disability England has been talking and thinking about inclusion a lot recently. More than usual I realise.
Read more “Inclusion”What we say matters
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.
Read more “What we say matters”The disability power list
The Shaw Trust Power list is a list of 100 of the most inspirational disabled people in the UK this year.
Me and my personal assistant from Learning Disability England attended their launch event this week where they announced who came in the top 10.
Learning Together – Louder Voices
The Louder Voice programme brings together people with learning disabilities and/or autism and families.
Me, Liz Wilson and Wendy Burt from Dimensions gave a short presentation at this year’s open university in Milton Keynes on the louder voices programme.
Rights, relationships, respect – social care
“Social care means making sure people can access their rights and are treated with respect”
Read more “Rights, relationships, respect – social care”Relationships are everything
BBC Breakfast this week met with and talked to people with learning disabilities about their experiences of love and relationships.
Read more “Relationships are everything”Employment Update September 2019
Walk it like you talk it – Are you employing people?
Read more “Employment Update September 2019”“Its all about Equality” – Being an inclusive employer
Blog from Lisa Hopkins and Scott Watkin BEM on inclusive working at SeeAbility
Read more ““Its all about Equality” – Being an inclusive employer”