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18th - 24th June are the dates for Learning Disability Week 2012. The theme will be announced soon. Please get in touch with Jan on 0141 559 5720 or ldweek@scld.co.uk if you're planning events in your area - we'd love to hear from you!
Two Glasgow based learning disabilities organisations, Project Ability and C-Change, have secured funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project launching on Friday 24 February 2012 that focuses on the lives and memories of Lennox Castle Hospital ex-residents.
"Remembering Lennox Castle Hospital" invites ex-residents to tell their...
SCLD has moved office. Our new contact details are:
Merchant Exchange
20 Bell Street
Glasgow
G1 1LG
0141 559 5720
This leaflet has been designed to give much needed information and advice to employers who have employed or are considering employing people diagnosed with Asperger's or other autism spectrum disorders. The leaflet has been developed in consultation with Borders Asperger and Autism Group Support (BAAGS) and sponsored by Integrated Children's Services.
Every four years, each country has to tell the Human Rights Council at the United Nations about what they have been doing to protect and promote human rights. This is called Universal Periodic Review (UPR). It is the UK’s turn soon.
The Human Rights Council also likes to know what charities and non-governmental organisations think about how well the UK, including Scotland, is doing on human rights. SCLD wanted to tell the Human Rights Council about the human rights of people with...
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Renfrewshire Community Health Partnership have made an easy read guide to bowel screening. It is an accessible guide to inform people with learning disabilities how to do a bowel screening test. You can download a copy of Bowel screening made here here...
SCLD's Annual Report for 2010/2011 has just been published. Read it here or download the attachment at the bottom of the page.
SCLD, along with our partners, have produced a joint briefing on the issue of further education places for people with learning disabilities.
The main points in this briefing are:
• In Scotland, part-time courses for people with learning disabilities have been cut by more than a third and most students were given very little notice that their college place was being cut. However, full-time courses have seen a slight increase
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SCLD and NHS Education for Scotland have just launched a website called Better Info, Better Lives. This website contains accessible social care information for people with learning disabilities, their families and people who work with them. The website has lots of information on services and support and all the information is easy to understand. Topics on the website include employment, housing and transitions. The website is clear and accessible so that it is...
Our Food for thought DVD is now available to watch online. The messages in the film are not all about 5 a day or giving up all the things you like. They show people enjoying healthy eating, cooking and spending time with family and friends. They also show how eating a healthier diet could improve your life.