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The Society for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities and their Families
The Society for Children
and Adults with Learning Disabilities and their Families
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Objectives & Values
Our Objectives
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- to promote the relief and welfare of children and adults with learning disabilities and their families
- to campaign for adequate provision in terms of social care, health care, housing and education, and for choice in provision
- to support the rights of parents and family carers to be consulted, and to exercise choice, regarding such provision
- to support parents and family carers by providing access to sources of information
- to make representations to local and central government e.g. with regard to the drafting and implementation of legislation
- to present petitions to Parliament or the Prime Minister’s Office
- to respond and contribute to consultations by government ministries, and non-governmental agencies e.g. the Law Commission
- to consult with Rescare’s members and represent their concerns to relevant parties
- to publish a regular newsletter, Resnews, for its membership
- to maintain a website reflecting and publicising Rescare’s objectives and concerns; and providing information and news on learning disability issues
Our Values
- we advocate the meeting of needs and the promoting of choice.
- we seek choice in education, housing and care provision, not ‘one size fits all’ solutions
- we support for the rights of parents and family carers to be consulted and listened to.
- we believe that professionals and families in partnership can achieve the best outcome with the best value for money.
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The (in)accuracy of the 'learning disability register'. - Rescare
www.rescare.org.uk www.change.org
Jo Whiley's story struck home – I was offered the vaccine before my severely disabled daughter
inews.co.uk
There is understatement, and then there is a ministerial statement on 'the learning disability register' in a Lords debate yesterday. Arriving at a headcount of people with a learning disability in the UK, or in the constituent nations, is no simple matter. But it's not made easier, when sets of data are held by various NHS departments , Social Service departments, the Department for Education and The Department for Work and Pensions....
www.rescare.org.uk/the-inaccuracy-of-the-learning-disability-register/
Seeking signatures.... change.org petition to Stop the closure of HFT residential facility at Furlong Close, Rowde
www.change.org/p/hft-and-wiltshire-council-stop-the-closure-of-hft-in-rowde
Journalist Sam Carlisle reacts to story of Jo Whiley and Frances, with the story of her own daughter, Elvi. inews.co.uk/opinion/jo-whiley-covid-19-vaccine-learning-disabilities-874778 Even angrier than Ian Rankin! "What this pandemic will leave me with is the lasting knowledge that the lives of people with learning disabilities just do not matter to those who run our country."
The Society for Children and Adults
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