Lived experience

The Supreme Court has decided that a 37-year-old man with a learning disability and autism, known as ‘JB’, does not have capacity to consent to sex.

A new campaign - The Human Touch, produced by legal and financial services firm Irwin Mitchell - is thought to have been made by the most inclusive production team ever assembled. 

SeeAbility, one of the oldest disability charities in the UK, is airing a broadcast appeal which explores the experiences, anxieties and needs of people with learning disabilities and autism.

How can we design a workplace culture that accommodates the autistic community? Autistic freelance writer Mette reflects on her experiences.

Delta 7, the East Sussex band who all identify as being disabled, having autism or Down's syndrome, have released their third album in memory of band co-ordinator Tom Salway who died by suicide in 2016.

Out Spoken, a project run by CHANGE, is offering free self-advocacy workshops for LGBTQI+ adults who are autistic and/or have a learning disability.

The Disabled Children's Partnership (DCP) is calling on the public to email ministers asking the government to include disabled children in the upcoming spending review.

Sarah Atkinson, a primary care learning disability nurse, has designed a new easy-to-read domestic abuse information card for people with learning disabilities.

Nearly 12,000 people have signed a petition to stop the dissection of a replica of Joseph Merrick’s body, who was sadly known as the “Elephant Man”.