We have had a busy summer at Learning Disability Wales with five new members of staff joining our team. Over the past few weeks we have been introducing Rebecca, Lyndsey, Grace and Angela. Last, but not least, we welcome our new administrator, Rhobat Bryn Jones. “I have been working at Learning Disability Wales for just … Continued
Parents often struggle to get the right support for their disabled children. To help with this, Cerebra have developed an accessing public services toolkit to support disabled people, families and carers who are encountering difficulties with statutory agencies. Derek Tilley from Cerebra explains how the toolkit can “help unpick commonly experienced problems and to offer … Continued
Earlier this year the Welsh Government declared a climate emergency in Wales, a move supported by Learning Disability Wales. Ahead of this week’s Global Climate Strike, Grace Krause, policy officer for Learning Disability Wales, raises a major concern that goes largely unspoken in conversations around climate change – how the crisis is expected to have … Continued
As part of our commitment to increasing people with a learning disability’s access to high quality accessible information, Learning Disability Wales is making our dictionary of easy read definitions free to everyone that produces easy read information. Our dictionary of easy read definitions is a crucial resource that our Easy Read Wales team have built … Continued
Following on from today’s BBC Breakfast news piece on the right to relationships for people with a learning disability, Grace Krause, Policy Officer at Learning Disability Wales explores why it is hard for people to have relationships. Grace details the work we are doing in Learning Disability Wales and calls for more training of support … Continued
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