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Lived experience
A testing time for learning disability services
After months in lockdown Melissa Layton, Certitude Learning Disabilities Head of Service, reflects on her hopes for…
Why can’t people with learning disabilities have meaningful employment?
Saba Salman, editor of 'Made Possible: Stories of success by people with learning disabilities - in their own…
Celebrating the key workers who happen to have learning disabilities
Young people with learning disabilities have stepped up to be key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
I’m an autistic, mixed race woman – let’s discuss…
Multiply marginalised due to being a mixed race, autistic woman, Mette writes for Learning Disability Today about…
Learning disability and social connections in old age
In this exclusive extract from 'Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities to Have a Good Life as They Grow…
“I don’t sleep, I rest” – navigating nighttime in a…
"Restless nights aren’t always hours of busy heightened activity into the early hours, or absolute melt-down. It’s…
Understanding cerebral palsy – what is it and what are its effects?
Cerebral palsy is a group of conditions that primarily affect coordination, movement, and muscle tone. ‘Cerebral’…
Why learning disability campaigning makes business sense
Harrow Mencap's Information, Communications and Engagement Coordinator, Edward Rowe, makes the case for why…
Social distancing is no ‘blessing in disguise’ for autistic people…
Social distancing means I am unable to see the small group of friends who understand me, I knew that I would…
Lived experience: how disability football changed my life
Football changed James Parker’s life. Part of his childhood in a mainstream school was spent friendless and…
Lived experience: what does a family in crisis look like
Autistic adults and families are being pushed to crisis as they try to cope with the coronavirus lockdown that has…
Lived experince: being admitted to a psychiatric unit
Emily Katy uses her experience of being admitted to a psychiatric unit to highlight the adjustments that can be…