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My Life My Choice
MLMC is an Oxfordshire based charity with a national profile whose prime objective is to raise the self-esteem and quality of life for people with learning disabilities. They do this by campaigning, and providing volunteering, training, employment and social opportunities for its members. MLMC also work with other organisations to help produce information for people with learning and communication difficulties that is simple and easy to understand. Read more
Posts by My Life My Choice:
Loneliness and Learning Disabilities
My Life My ChoiceLoneliness is a big issue for many people in the UK today, especially people with learning disabilities. It is very important...
ATUs and Inpatient Units: What you Need to Know
My Life My ChoiceEarlier this month, we had a meeting with Ray James, the National Learning Disability Director for NHS England. We were talking...
Politics and Inclusion – Why do we never hear from people with Learning Disabilities?
My Life My ChoicePeople with learning disabilities face a lot of different barriers and often struggle to get their voices heard, especially in...
Moving office – The perspective of people with learning disabilities
My Life My ChoiceThis month, My Life My Choice has moved offices. It has been a very difficult process to find an accessible and...
Hate Crime & It’s Impact
My Life My ChoiceNational Hate Crime Awareness Week takes place every year in October. This year, at the beginning of National Hate Crime...
Making GP surgeries more accessible
My Life My ChoicePeople with learning disabilities are five times more likely to end up in hospital for preventable issues that can be...
Travel training, friendship and independence
My Life My Choice“Being partially sighted is not a barrier to me being independent!” James is 18 years old and lives with his Mum,...
Reasonable Adjustments at the Optician
My Life My ChoiceThis month our blog is written by Paul Scarrott, who is one of our learning disabled trustees. Paul was keen...
People Should be Supported to Make Responsible Choices
My Life My ChoiceA lot of members of MLMC are living good independent lives. We have friends and a community, and some of...
Learning to use Trains Gives People More Opportunities
My Life My ChoiceThis month, participants of our Travel Buddy project attended a 2-day workshop teaching them how to travel by train. The training...
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