Examples of rights-based action
‘A Practical Guide to Supported Decision Making’ – Paradigm
Paradigm were hearing from supporters across the country that people with a learning disability are often not involved in making decisions about their lives.
They hope that by co-producing an updated version of the 2008 booklet, they will help people to have more more clarity and confidence in how they support others to make decisions.
Stay Up Late
Stay Up Late campaigns to make sure people with learning disabilities, and autistic people, are able to lead full and active social lives. This includes challenging support systems that stop people with learning disabilities being able to stay up late and live the life they choose.
Find out more about Stay Up Late
They spoke to lots of people with learning disabilities across the country who said there are only 10 things they really want in life, and they’re all things many people take for granted. From this, they created a manifesto for an ‘Ordinary Life’.
Research and evidence in this area
Flourishing Lives – Manchester Metropolitan University
The project looks at how social care can better support people with learning disabilities, so they can do the things they value and lead fulfilling lives.
It shares tools, resources and evidence to help supporters and organisations focus on assisting people build their good life.
They include examples of how this is happening as ‘Drops of Brilliance’.
The Small Margins Project – Changing Our Lives partnered with Manchester Metropolitan University
They worked worked with people with a learning disability, autistic people and their families from minority ethnic communities who either lived in their own home, lived in residential care, or were moving out of inpatient hospital settings.
It also included people who lived within the family home.
The project found out what matters to those people for good day to day support.