Read more › “Disability History month”

There is a general election on 12^th December.

Lots of people are sharing great information to help people get ready to vote and decide how they vote.

We will keep updating this page as we get new information. We are not checking or supporting any of the information – you need to do that yourself.

Please do send us anything you know of or have done and want to share with others.

Read more › “Election and Voting Resources”

Read more › “National Self Advocacy Convention 2020 – Open for booking”

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”

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

Read more › “Inclusion”

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”

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

Read more › “We’re recruiting for a Communications Lead”

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”

The Louder Voice programme brings together people with learning disabilities and/or autism and families.

Read more › “Learning Together – Louder Voices”

“Social care means making sure people can access their rights and are treated with respect”

Read more › “Rights, relationships, respect – social care”