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Laughing Boy’s Fight

3 April 2014 0 Comments
Laughing Boy’s Fight

For nearly a year now I’ve been following a blog called mydaftlife. Something about the funny and touching way this blog is written has kept my attention. I’ve laughed, and more recently cried, at the stories of ‘Laughing Boy’ (LB). I can’t see an Eddie Stobbart lorry now without thinking of him. When I started […]

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Connecting Communities

17 September 2012 0 Comments

The pioneering “Connecting People” Programme is based on the approach that people with learning disabilities who need support in their daily lives are more likely to be safe and fulfilled if they are helped to build strong and meaningful connections and relationships in their community.

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‘Making it personal’ charter – giving people with learning disabilities the lives they want

7 August 2012 0 Comments

Last week, Dimensions released their Social Care Charter, ‘Making it personal’, which outlines what people with learning disabilities have said they want in order to live the kind of lives they want.

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Website offers new approach to supported employment for people with learning disabilities

19 June 2012 0 Comments

Sixteen aims to add a new approach to the provision of employment support for people with a learning disability in England.

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Delight as actor with Down’s syndrome joins the cast of Eastenders

27 July 2011 0 Comments

We’re thrilled that an actor with Down’s syndrome will be cast in a mainstream TV programme as it provides an excellent platform from which to break down negative attitudes towards learning disabilities in the public.

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