Sentences with phrase «by people with learning disabilities»

An article published in Learning Disability Practice describes a UK framework to help professionals tackle the health and social care inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities.

Every time I wait until the person has expressed their opinion before explaining that it was made by people with learning disabilities in Banwell Pottery, a sheltered workplace, as a gift for me from the charity Brandon Trust.

This was echoed in the dissatisfaction felt by people with a learning disability with the way they had been treated by police.

This event is part of In the Frame, a project run by people with a learning disability, hosted by Tate Liverpool for DaDaFest International 2009.

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The organization supports a network of youth mentoring programs run by and for those with learning differences, and organizes advocates to support the full inclusion of people with learning disabilities and ADHD in all aspects of society.

The rights and positions of people with learning disabilities are not judged by juries of their peers but by systems where power is held by «lords» — commissioners, social workers, service providers, psychiatrists, judges and politicians.

As well as blind and partially - sighted people, «Talking Buses» will help other people - including the elderly, people with hearing impairments and learning disabilities - by making them feel reassured that clear and timely information is always available.

The support the «Stand by me» campaign has had from chief constables is extremely encouraging, but this must filter down to frontline officers if people with a learning disability are to receive the service they deserve.

To date, 40 out of the 44 police services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have signed up to the «Stand by me» police promise to improve how they serve people with a learning disability and tackle hate crime.

Until prejudice such as this is eradicated, people with a learning disability will continue to be failed by the system and denied justice.

Outgoing chair of the Police Federation, Jan Berry, welcomed the report, saying: «The need to identify and support people with learning disabilities through the criminal justice system, and the process by which some can be diverted more appropriately into healthcare settings, are concerns that have been neglected for too long.

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Better support can greatly improve the supermarket shopping experience for people with intellectual (learning) disabilities, a study by an independent self - advocacy group reveals.

In the UK concerns about institutional discrimination raised by the charity Mencap in its Death by Indifference report, and the Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities, have highlighted the importance of tackling these issues.

- Lord Victor Adebowale, House of Lords and Chief Executive of Turning Point, a social care enterprise supporting people affected by drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems and those with learning disabilities

Scotlands adult dating and friendship agency run by and for people with learning disabilities.

Gabrielle Rappolt - Schlichtmann is an applied education scientist by training, but her experience as a person with a learning disability has made her keenly aware of the unique strengths and perspective disability can afford.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

Overall, the course focuses on supporting people with severe and / or multiple disabilities by promoting opportunities, participation, learning, and support that result in valued life outcomes.

These pages are designed to serve as a tool for those interested in learning more about access rights for people with disabilities partnered with assistance dogs, to review the industry standards developed by Assistance Dogs International and to gain an understanding of the various state and federal laws that are in place.

After a comprehensive but very rewarding process, jumeirahcollection.com is now completely accessible by people with the following disabilities: No vision, low vision, colour blindness, dyslexia, deafness, mobility impairment and learning difficulties.»

This year, the Cambridge office of Irwin Mitchell has voted to support Rowan, an organisation which supports people with learning disabilities by running art and craft classes designed to stimulate and help them develop their social skills.

Mencap is a national charity that supports people with learning disabilities (caused by the way the brain develops before / during / shortly after birth) that affect their intellectual and social development.

The LCO Disabilities Report identifies the following barriers experienced by persons with disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services aDisabilities Report identifies the following barriers experienced by persons with disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services and supports.

CCD has intervened in this appeal because of a concern that the comparator group analysis adopted by the learned Chambers Judge has the potential to undermine the right of all persons with disabilities to accommodation in a variety of settings.

In light of this, the government promised that the 3,376 people with learning disabilities living in NHS funded in - patient services would be moved to appropriate community based services by June 2014.

Record numbers of people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions are being helped into work by the Access to Work scheme.

I think that learning to be comfortable with children with disabilities and learning that those people's identities are just as complex as their own, in other words, that they're not defined by their disability, but that they might be loud and noisy or they might be god at drawing or they might be very quiet, whatever.