Welcome to this year's Learning Disability Week (19 - 25 June 2023) - which is all about busting myths about living life with a learning disability.
Colleagues across our Learning Disability Services are keen to showcase the incredible things that people with a learning disability achieve, smashing misconceptions about what people can do and shining a light on the stigma many still face every day.
As a Trust, we want to show that people shouldn’t be defined by their learning disability – and this is the week for people with a learning disability to make some noise about their amazing achievements, their talents, and the issues that matter most to them!
Read on...to learn more about some of the fantastic people who use our services, their achievements and hear them talk passionately about parity of healthcare.
This year's Learning Disability Week is all about busting myths about living life with a learning disability. Look out for more posts like this one on our social media feeds this week from James, showcasing the incredible things that our service users achieve - proving that they shouldn’t be defined by their learning disability. #LDWeek
It’s Learning Disability Week and time to hear from Mayas. She’s just one of our service users showcasing the incredible things that people with a learning disability can achieve – proof that people shouldn’t be defined by their learning disability.
One of our service users, Rosie, shares her greatest achievement with us, this Learning Disability Week.
She’s living proof that people shouldn’t be defined by their learning disability.
One of our service users, Patrick, is an incredibly talented artist, as you can see from his artwork here. Like all other people who use our learning disability services, Patrick’s artistic achievements are living proof that people shouldn’t be defined by their learning disability.
We wanted to share a short video from Ciara, who works at Mencap.
She has plenty to say about the incredible things that people with a learning disability can achieve – find out more here: https://youtu.be/8s-RYwOHrug
James has been working with us for some time now, as part of our Learning Disability Service User Group. As we head towards the end of this year’s #LDWeek, he shares his thoughts on how he’s helped develop his own skills whilst also improving services for others with a learning disability. Way to go, James!
It’s Learning Disability Week and time to hear from Fahmina. She’s just one of our service users showcasing the wonderful things that people with a learning disability can achieve – proof that people shouldn’t be defined by their learning disability.
We want people with a learning disability to make some noise about their amazing achievements and the issues that matter most to them! As this year’s #LDWeek coincides with Cervical Screening Awareness Week, Ciara is passionate about women with a learning disability getting the same access to healthcare as others. Hear what she has to say here...