“Technology needs to be a part of life for people, not just a stop gap during the pandemic” Although many people with a learning disability are digitally excluded we have learnt that during the Covid-19 pandemic this has changed for the better. Karen Warner explores how the pandemic has accelerated the need for people with … Continued
The Learning Disability Consortium in Wales has published a report on the experience of people with a learning disability during the Coronavirus outbreak in Wales. The report was co-produced by Learning Disability Wales, All Wales People First, All Wales Forum of Parents and Carers, Downs Syndrome Association, Mencap Cymru, and Cymorth Cymru. The report was … Continued
Learning Disability Wales has submitted evidence to South Wales Police about how they have been responding to the Coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing lockdown. About Learning Disability Wales Learning Disability Wales is a national charity representing the learning disability sector in Wales. Everything that we do focuses on creating a Wales that values and … Continued
Learning Disability Wales has submitted evidence to the Children, Young People and Education Committee on the effects of Covid-19 as part of the Third Sector Additional Needs Alliance (TSANA). Read our response below or download a pdf version here (PDF). Third Sector Additional Needs Alliance (TSANA) Response to the Children, Young People and Education Committee … Continued
We have submitted a response to the Welsh Government consultation Framework for Regional Investments in Wales, on behalf of the Engage to Change employment project (which includes Learning Disability Wales, Agoriad Cyf, All Wales People First, ELITE Supported Employment Agency and the National Centre for Mental Health at Cardiff University, as partners). What is the … Continued
Learning Disability Wales is a member of The Wales Carers Alliance that exists to uphold unpaid carers rights and champion the voice of carers across Wales. The Alliance has written a letter to Welsh Government to highlight the key issues and concerns carers have raised which have been caused by the impact of coronavirus. Sent … Continued
The coronavirus has changed our society very quickly and those changes are going to last for a very long time. We must make sure that the human rights of disabled people don’t fall by the way-side in this process What coronavirus has shown us about our society We are currently facing the biggest societal … Continued
Statement from the members of the Wales Disability Reference Group: Disability Wales, Learning Disability Wales, Wales Council of the Blind and Wales Council for Deaf People. Our statement requests a set of principles to be followed and for people to sign up to support them – see below. We will send the signed declaration to … Continued
Learning Disability Wales, All Wales People First, The Wales Carers Alliance and Mencap Cymru note with relief that the NICE COVID-19 rapid guidelines for critical care in adults have been amended. But we remain concerned that the guidance may still leave disabled people vulnerable in the face of the Coronavirus outbreak. In particular, we are concerned … Continued
National Disability Umbrella Organisations in Wales have serious concerns about the implications of the Coronavirus Bill on human rights, especially the rights of specific groups, including disabled people. The second reading of the Bill was on Monday 23 March in the UK Parliament. A Legislative Competence Motion on the Coronavirus Bill will be debated in … Continued
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