Learning Disability Today

As the spotlight falls on people with learning disabilities this week for all the wrong reasons, it's worth re-sharing this article highlighting the injustices they still face. From the missing LeDeR report to essential reform of the Mental Health Act. learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/debate/learnin…

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Tragic. And should never have happened in the first place. Every time something like this happens we get the tired old 'lessons will be learned' but they never are. And with the government vilifying the disabled, it will only get worse.

Today, we take unpaid carers’ voices to Parliament. #ProtestFromHome

An unacceptable "failure of duty across multiple services." "Swift, meaningful action" needed to ensure that this tragedy can not happen again.

And the social work/er was where? I predict that there will be no ‘swift, meaningful action to ensure this [social murder @sarasiobhan ] doesn’t happen again.’ Is it time for a major review of social work in the lives of learning disabled people and their families? @BASW_UK

This certainly shames us as a society. 💔 If there is any point to being registered as a ‘carer’, it should trigger support in situations such as a “pragmatic discharge” (like here) so that a GP, for example, follows up to ensure appropriate ongoing care.

SEND Legal Advice charity, @sos_sen has written a terse letter to Bridget Phillipson, about the Government's lack of engagement its creation of uncertainty over the future of EHCPs facebook.com/share/p/14MZEJ…

News: The Disabled Children's Partnership has published a new report that shows how the SEND system can be transformed without taking away people’s existing legal rights and protections. learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/send-disa…

News: Bereaved families and disability campaigners have sent an open letter to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, demanding that the LeDeR programme be put back on track to save lives. learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/bereaved-…

Debate: Prosecutions of carers for exceeding the earnings threshold for carer’s allowance sparked a wave of revulsion. The government shifted approach and increased the threshold by £195 per month, effective from last April. But does it go far enough? learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/debate/carers-…

Thank you Reuben for asking those questions, we will wait patiently for the response channel4.com/news/is-govern…

The delay of such a crucial report, which has a significant impact on the lives of people with a learning disability, is deeply worrying and unfair. What are they hiding?

News. The British Psychological Society and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have published updated guidance on managing dementia in people with learning disabilities. learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/updated-g…

The LeDeR dataset is complex and the report requires and benefits from checks. But the process could do with being more streamlined and better defined

As we are in the second half of 2025, it is embarrassing that healthcare staff are still being trained using LEDER stats from 2022.

Read our latest July easy read and plain English newsletter from #NHSEngland Learning Disability and Autism Programme which includes, information on annual health checks and health action plans. Please share widely. england.nhs.uk/learning-disab…

I was glad to meet today with these incredible young people who were in Parliament with @DCPcampaign & @letuslearntoo to speak with MPs about their experience of the SEND system and the changes that are urgently needed #SENDcrisis #SEND