Tag: learning disabilities
SEND in museums
How Sam Bowen has helped change attitudes to SEND.
I set out on my museum path as a student volunteer for Norwich Castle Museum, and...
Going the extra mile
Zororo Mubaya on private transport services for people with SEND.
Sometimes, families need access to reliable transport that offers greater support, companionship and awareness of...
How to stop Bullying
Liffy McDonald enthuses about the work of the Anti-Bullying Alliance
The work of the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) is more relevant than ever in the current...
Experiences of being in hospital for people with a learning disability...
Who I am matters
This report looks what people with a learning disability and autistic people experience when they need physical health care and treatment...
Riley the Brave’s Sensational Senses: Help For Sensory and Emotional Challenges
Jessica Sinarski is a Licensed Professional Counselor of Mental Health and a Certified Adoption Therapist. She is a presenter, bilingual author and clinical supervisor....
The magic of multisensory rooms
Jo Grace on multisensory rooms and why ‘getting it’ as a practitioner is vital to success.
Multisensory rooms are places of magic and myth. I...
We adopted three children with disabilities and have never looked back!
Being single and openly lesbian, Alison always knew she’d adopt a child.
I had always worked in the special education sector and I wanted to...
Staff in all CQC registered services must now have learning disability...
All health and social care providers registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) must now ensure that their staff receive training in how to...
DFN Project Search leading the way for young people with hidden...
During UK Disability History Month we hear about Claire Cookson's mission to get 10,000 young people with learning disabilities and autism into work in...
Report highlights impact of school exclusions on pupils
The effects of exclusion
School exclusions have left some children at increased risk of harm – with decisions too often taken without efforts to understand...
