Love Your Vote is a campaign run by Dimensions support people with learning disabilities and autism understand and exercise their right to vote.
Author: Lisa Richardson
Guardian: For social care to thrive it needs a community-centred revolution
A new approach is needed bringing together families, friends and neighbours, coordinated by care workers.
I CAN: Bercow 10 years on
On Tuesday 20 March 2018, after 15 months of extensive evidence gathering of the views of children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), their parents and carers, speech and language therapists, education professionals, commissioners and many others, I CAN and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) published and launched the long-awaited and highly anticipated Bercow: Ten Years On report.
We need to do better on social care
Jeremy Hunt outlines the 7 key principles that will guide the Government’s thinking ahead of the social care green paper, to be published later in 2018.
Care for people with learning disabilities should be close to home wherever possible, says NIC
NICE is urging councils and health bodies to make sure that people with learning disabilities can access well-designed services and staff with the right skills so they do not need to move away for care or treatment.