Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities – what do we know now?

About this Event

This workshop is open to people with learning disabilities, family members, and paid supporters; as well as people with responsibility for commissioning or delivering services and those in policy or development roles.

It will include input from self-advocates on people’s direct experiences, information on COVID-19 and people’s health, and the findings so far from the Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities research project (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cedar/covid19-learningdisability )

The speakers include

  • Gary Bourlet from Learning Disability England
  • Annie Ferguson from PMLD Link
  • Chris Hatton from Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Richard Hastings from the University of Warwick