News - Liberal Democrat Disability Association

Changing attitudes will help more people find work

I'm an apprentice at the campaigning group Disability Rights UK, and recently spent a day with Mencap's Campaigns team to find out more about how we can raise awareness about learning disability in society - and the employment chances for people who have the condition. I have a learning disability, but my experience to date is that many people don't completely understand what a learning disability is - or why I have the difficulties I sometimes do with certain tasks. I find it a bit stressful to keep explaining why.

30 Jul 2015

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What if we’d all known someone with a learning disability as a child?

People with a learning disability can often face prejudice and exclusion in society on a daily basis, but could this be different if all of us knew people with a learning disability from an earlier stage in life? I went to Millfield School in Somerset to find out how some of the best friendships start at an early age. I work at Mencap and very aware of the many challenges facing the 1.4 million people with a learning disability in the UK. I hear many anecdotes about people too scared to travel on the bus when school children are around for fear of ridicule or worse.

30 Jul 2015

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MPs hear opposition to assisted suicide from disabled activists

MPs have been warned by a prominent activist that legalising assisted suicide would mean that some disabled people would die as a result of "exploitation and abuse".

30 Jul 2015

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The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (UK)

Pavements used to be our friend

29 Jul 2015

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“Dignity is for everyone, everywhere, always”

It's the summer holidays, so plenty of time for family trips! But what if you can't go anywhere, because you won't be able to use the loo?

29 Jul 2015

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Bid to create GCSE in British Sign Language wins funding boost

SUPPORT: (Left to right) : Gillian Marshall-Dyson, funding and projects co-ordinator at Signature, Lindsay Foster, chief operating officer of Signature and Norman Eric Heaviside, Provincial Grand Master for the Province of Durham

28 Jul 2015

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Changing attitudes will help more people find work

What if we’d all known someone with a learning disability as a child?

MPs hear opposition to assisted suicide from disabled activists

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (UK)

“Dignity is for everyone, everywhere, always”

Bid to create GCSE in British Sign Language wins funding boost

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