Coronavirus and the Extremely Vulnerable
There are extra measures for a group of people whose physical health conditions mean they are at the greatest risk from Coronavirus.
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Let’s Talk about Growing Older
By Christine Towers, Director at Together Matters
Living Life to the Fullest
Speakup and Dan Goodley of Sheffield University want to share his research called ‘Living Life to the Fullest’.
The Coronavirus Bill
The government have started a new law called the Coronavirus bill
It will change a lot of things to help get the country through whilst Coronavirus is widespread
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Doing what it takes to make the best of a bad situation
By Scott Watkin, LDE Rep Body Member
Information on the Coronavirus
We know that people are looking for information that is easy to understand on the virus and wanting to share ideas or resources
Challenging Behaviour Foundation Trauma Survey
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation is currently working with Respond, the Tizard Centre and Three Cs to produce a report on the need for trauma support for the families of individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism.
Representative Body Elections
Learning Disability England is looking for 6 members who want to join the Representative Body
Read more “Representative Body Elections”
Legal action on Human Rights
Today the Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock starting a legal challenge over the failure to protect the Human Rights of people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
Read more “Legal action on Human Rights”#DeclareYourCare Campaign – Two Perspectives
Two different perspectives by Gary Bourlet, self-advocate, and Frank Steeples, Quality Assurance lead at KeyRing