This booklet contains information about the things that people with learning disabilities say are important to them. We hope that it will help you to think about what is important in your life and to help you to tell others what you need.
An update about the service needs of people with learning disabilities who are dying.
This report explores the mental health service needs of young people with learning disabilities. Young people with learning disabilities experience the same range of mental health problems as other young people but are at higher risk of developing such problems, especially at times of stress and change.
Part of the GOLD programme, this is an update to a project where the British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILT) work in collaboration with six local authorities in England to set up and evaluate local support groups for older family carers of people with learning disabilities.
This update presents the findings found from a large scale UK survey which confirmed concerns found in an earlier study about the placement of people with learning disabilities in residential services for older people.
For the first time in 30 years, the Government has produced a White Paper, Valuing People, outlining a strategy for learning disability services.
Most adults with learning disabilities live with their family. However little is known about how they feel about this and what their hopes and dreams are for the future.
Valuing People is the first Government White Paper on learning disabilities in England for 30 years. It provides a new vision for learning disability services based on the principles of rights, independence, choice and inclusion.
In 1996, the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities published a report entitles Building Expectations. Three years on, this report has been reviewed to consider to what extent the key recommendations have been taken forward.
Few people with learning disabilities and high support needs have benefitted from the development of supported employment over the last two decades. One project that has addressed this issue is the Step Out project at L'Arche in Liverpool.
