Month: February 2018
Mencap Treat Me Well Workshops in Surrey
Network Autism: A review of residential special schools and colleges in England
Dame Christine Lenehan is Director of the Council for Disabled Children. She was asked by the Department for Education to carry out a review of the experiences and outcomes of children and young people in residential special schools and colleges in England. Her report, ‘Good Intentions, Good Enough?’, was published in November 2017. Here she discusses what she found and how the system needs to change.
Mencap Treat Me Well campaign resources online
As part of the Treat Me Well campaign, Mencap have included resources in Easy Read on their website. Currently these include:
Sorting out problems with your hospital care
Getting the support you need
Your rights in hospital
The Accessible Information Standard – Easy Read
Mental Capacity Act – Easy Read
More resources will be added.