Campaigns

Learning Disability Today is pleased to be part of the Save Our Children’s Rights Campaign. This campaign is committed to defending the legal rights of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

It is led by a coalition of organisations and individuals, including Special Needs Jungle, IPSEA, Learning Disability Today, SEND National Crisis, SOS!SEN, SEND Rights Alliance, and others who are committed to defending children’s rights.

Together, we’re calling on the government to retain the existing SEND legal framework, including Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans, which set out vital, legally enforceable support for children and young people.

A NICE Life calls on the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) to include additional information in all relevant clinical guidance to highlight and address health inequalities faced by people with a learning disability and autistic people.

The aim is to create and deliver practical guidance to healthcare professionals focused on key elements such as:

• Understanding barriers to healthcare for people with learning disabilities and autistic people
• Consistently engaging with people with lived experience, their families and carers
• Addressing diagnostic overshadowing
• Understanding the law around the Mental Capacity Act, Equality Act and Human Rights Act.