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Learning disability charity needs your vote in e-card competition
Tweet Okay, so it isn’t yet December, but can you really look at this this frosty little fellow and fail to feel even a tiny bit festive? He’s just one artistic entry in the charity Netbuddy’s Christmas e-card competition The … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Learning disability, Third sector, Young people
Tagged charity, learning disability, young people
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Bums on seats? Not in a “relaxed performance”
TweetImagine an actor delivering a monologue in the complete opposite of a quiet carriage. Imagine audience members coming and going as they please throughout the show, standing up, sitting down, and making as much noise as they want. Forget bums … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Music & arts, Social exclusion, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged learning disability, music & arts, young people
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Fragile X on film: how Mission to Lars could change attitudes
Tweet“Oh really? But she’s so good at dance” was the response of an acquaintance who misheard my explanation that my daughter Raana has fragile X syndrome – she thought I’d said “fragile legs”. Amusing though this incident from a few … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Learning disability, media & communication, Music & arts, Olympics, Uncategorized
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Who dares, swims…
TweetJuly 1984, a Sussex school swimming gala; my 12-year-old self is poised above the sunlight-dappled pool, ready to slice through and glide under the surface like an elegant water nymph. Sneaking a glance at my competitors, I’m surprised to see … Continue reading
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Buddies: social skills for children with special needs
TweetMaking eye contact is difficult for Mason Milne, who has autism, and making friends is even harder. Yet the 11-year-old has met both challenges while at a special needs holiday club near his home in Colchester, Essex, over the last … Continue reading
Posted in Learning disability, Social care, Social exclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged learning disability, schools, young people
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A perspective on the Paralympics
TweetThere’s no shortage of media coverage of the Olympics and Paralympics, but one new online platform offers a unique and important perspective on the games. Games Through Our Eyes is an accessible website for the 2012 Paralympic Games created by … Continue reading
Sticking plasters, surgery and spending reviews
TweetA damp squib of a sticking plaster, or what health secretary Andrew Lansley has said is the “most comprehensive overhaul [of social care] since 1948” and an end to the care lottery? Most early reaction to today’s long awaited care … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Disability, Health, Housing, Learning disability, Local government, Older people, Social care, Uncategorized
Tagged cuts, health, housing, learning disability, local government, older people
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“People aren’t cases, they’re individuals”
TweetDebbie Walker is “a guardian angel”, according to Julie Mason, whose 86-year-old mother, Elizabeth, has Alzheimer’s. Two years ago, when Walker, a Sheffield Council care manager, met them, Elizabeth’s care involved daily agency staff plus Julie and her sister as … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Health, Local government, Social care, Third sector, Uncategorized
Tagged charity, health, learning disability, local government, third sector
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Happy art
Tweet Here’s something that raised a smile – if you watch one teeny thing today (it’s 48 seconds long), please make it this fabulous mini-montage of Joe Long’s happy drawings set perfectly to a priceless tune. Joe, 18, has fragile … Continue reading
Cuts: do the right maths
TweetI had to share the infographic below from learning disability charity United Response which, if you’ve not already seen it, lays bare the impact of cuts to disability living allowance (DLA), the benefit that helps people with care and mobility … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Learning disability, Social care, Third sector, Uncategorized
Tagged cuts, housing, learning disability, third sector
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