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“How’s Life?” is always an important question for people with learning disabilities

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SCLD team member Andy Miller reflects on the 2019 national survey of people with learning disabilities in Scotland, “How’s Life?” and considers the upheaval of the past few years… We’ve all just completed the census, the national survey of all households in Scotland. The previous one was eleven years ago (usually it’s ten, but Covid), the same year a tsunami …

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The power of the Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) programme

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Sophie Pilgrim is Director of Kindred, a voluntary organisation that each year supports over 700 families of children and young people with complex needs. In a guest blog she shares her experience of the Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) programme…  From the moment I heard about E-PAtS from the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities, I felt that …

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Bridging the digital gap: What the pandemic taught us

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Today (Thursday 19th May) is Global Accessibility Awareness Day – the purpose of this day is get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion. The adoption of digital technologies has been so rapid, that much of our daily lives now take place online, with everything from banking to shopping, to dating and making friends now done in …

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What does inclusive Early Years care look like? A parent’s view

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Following on from the publication of our Early Years report during Scottish Learning Disability Week, SCLD asked Jacqueline, a parent of a young child with a learning disability, to share her own experience of accessing Early Years education and childcare…  “When you have your first child who meets and exceeds all their milestones, it comes as a huge shock when …

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SCLD welcomes new trustees in Learning Disability Week

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The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) has appointed three new trustees this Scottish Learning Disability Week. The new trustees are:  Fiona Whelan, Assistant Director (Accessibility & Inclusion) at the University of St Andrews.   Jan Savage, Director of ENABLE Scotland.  Kenneth Watt, Policy and Public Affairs Manager (Devolved Nations) at the British Red Cross.   Candidates were recruited through …

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SCLD launches Early Years report

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The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) has today launched our report into early learning provision for children with learning disabilities, Building Blocks: Exploring the barriers and facilitators to Early Learning and childcare for children with learning disabilities in Scotland. The report is being launched as part of Scottish Learning Disability Week 2022, the them of which is …