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Surveys about learning disabilities

We often ask visitors to our website to tell us about their opinions and experiences of issues relating to learning disabilities. It is important to us and other organisations we support that a wide range of people can feed into the work and help to make change.

 

Please feel free to complete the survey below and have your say.

 

Review of eligibility criteria of social care services

 

The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) are carrying out a major review of the eligibility criteria that councils use to decide whether or not a person receives help from the council with social care services.

The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) are carrying out a major review of the eligibility criteria that councils use to decide whether or not a person receives help from the council with social care services.

 

Earlier this year the CSCI were asked by Care Services Minister, Ivan Lewis, to look at how the system for deciding who qualifies for support from local councils could be improved.

 

The Minister’s request came after the CSCI launched their third annual State of social care report in January. The report found that there is a sharp divide between people who do and do not qualify for social care.

 

The current system used by councils to determine access to social care services is called ‘Fair Access to Care Services’ (FACS). The CSCI aim to make recommendations on how this system could change to meet the Government’s vision of more personalised social care services.

 

 

 

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Recognising Fathers Questionnaire

 

The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities would like to get a better understanding of the impact on men’s lives of having a child with a learning disability.

 

The survey will cover issues such as:

 

  • your involvement in childcare
  • whether it has led to changes in your paid work
  • the impact on your relationships with family and friends

 

We will use the results to think about how fathers and families could receive better support through changes in policy and practice.

 

 

 

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Autism and Employment Study 

 

Understanding autism and employment is important for people with autism, Asperger syndrome and other conditions on the autism spectrum, as well as for their families.

 

Researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London, want to find out about the emotional, physical and financial impacts on people with autism spectrum disorders and their families.

 

They would like to hear from you if you are:

 

  • an adult with a diagnosed autism spectrum disorder

  • a parent of a person with a diagnosed autism spectrum disorder.

 

The questionnaire will take 20-30 minutes.

 

 

 

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