What is The Blue Badge Scheme? The Blue Badge Scheme is an important service for people with severe mobility problems that enables badge holders to park close to where they need to go. The scheme operates throughout the UK, and is administered by local authorities who deal with applications and issue badges.
The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has released a document to help explain the new coalition government.
With the General Election fast approaching we managed to get our hands on some of the Easy to Read versions of the Manifesto’s for The Labour Party, The Liberal Democrats and The Conservative Party so why not check them out and keep informed of what these parties have to say about their policies and plans for the future.
Beginning Monday 12th April is a brand new series on Channel 4 that follows a cast of Autistic teenagers as they attempt to produce their own stage show.
The Blue Badge Scheme is an important service for people with severe mobility problems that enables badge holders to park close to where they need to go. The scheme operates throughout the UK, and is administered by local authorities who deal with applications and issue badges.
The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has released a document to help explain the new coalition government.
With the General Election fast approaching we managed to get our hands on some of the Easy to Read versions of the Manifesto’s for The Labour Party, The Liberal Democrats and The Conservative Party so why not check them out and keep informed of what these parties have to say about their policies and plans for the future. … Continue Reading
The show follows nine autistic teenagers of varying ages, along with theatre professionals who haven’t worked with an autistic cast before, across the series as they produce a stage show. The series director David Dehaney said;
“Rather than make a four-part series that simply observed the lives of young people with autism and highlighted what they can’t do, we wanted to work actively with them to show what they can do.” … Continue Reading
Skills for Living has been designed to motivate and encourage clients to apply themselves to new activities and skill sets to promote the achievement of outcomes. The programme offers a selection of structured sessions offering choice and ensuring clients receive a balance of knowledge-based learning combined with practical activity. A wide range of courses are on offer which allow clients to pursue the activities that appeal to them and allows them to meet personal goals. The skills learned throughout the courses ensure transition into everyday life and each session is structured according to individual ability levels. … Continue Reading
Polly Tommey is the founder of the UK registered Charity The Autism Trust and back in 2009 she launched her own campaign to get the Government to understand that more help is needed for those with an autistic spectrum disorder. As an autism mother from Hampton, Middlesex herself, she has created this charity to ensure that a future with purpose is established for children everywhere with autism. Their aim is to do this by developing an international network of innovative, high quality environments: Centres of Excellence in Autism. … Continue Reading
POhWER IMCA advocates provide a free, confidential and independent service to support people who lack capacity to make certain decisions.
Since The Mental Capacity Act 2005 came into force in 2007, it was introduced that the new statutory role of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) was to support people who lacked capacity to make certain decisions. … Continue Reading
First Cut presents film-maker Hannah Murphy’s sensitive and poignant portrayal of what life can be like for disabled people in Britain.
Adults with disabilities speak out about their experiences of hate crime and question a society that continues to do nothing to protect them. … Continue Reading
As most of us already know, a general election is due to take place later this year so Mencap’s ‘Get my vote’ campaign has been launched to kick start the government into making sure that those with a disability can be heard correctly. To do this they are suggesting that something as simple as make sure that accessible information about how to register to vote is available along with encouraging the main parties to make their manifestos in an easy to read format. … Continue Reading
Direct Payments are cash payments given to people that have been assessed as needing a particular type of service, in lieu of social service provisions. These Direct Payments can be made to disabled individuals who are aged 16 years or over, to carers aged 16 years or over in respect of Care Services and to people who have a parental responsibility for disabled children.
It is important to note that the Department of Health explains that also a person eligible for Direct Payment must “be able to consent to have a direct payment and have the capacity to manage one, although they can have assistance to manage their payment on a day-to-day basis.”
The main objective of the Direct Payment is to allow more flexibility, more choice and control over the lives of those individuals who qualify for this scheme by encouraging them to decide about how their care is delivered with the money given in lieu of their social care services. … Continue Reading
What is The Blue Badge Scheme? The Blue Badge Scheme is an important service for people with severe mobility problems that enables badge holders to park close to where they need to go. The scheme operates throughout the UK, and is administered by local authorities who deal with applications and issue badges.
The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has released a document to help explain the new coalition government.
With the General Election fast approaching we managed to get our hands on some of the Easy to Read versions of the Manifesto’s for The Labour Party, The Liberal Democrats and The Conservative Party so why not check them out and keep informed of what these parties have to say about their policies and plans for the future.
Beginning Monday 12th April is a brand new series on Channel 4 that follows a cast of Autistic teenagers as they attempt to produce their own stage show.
