Expert Insights
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Learning Disabilities
Is it on the trolley?
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistAre we really offering people choices about their lives, or is the choice defined by what we make available, rather...
A Pathway for Improving Practice
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistThe introduction of a new pathway for developing people who work with those with learning disabilities will be of interest...
One at a time please!
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistCommunication with people with profound learning disabilities is always fraught with challenges, as often they are unable to express their...
Get off your sofa and on your feet!
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistIt’s well documented that people with learning disabilities struggle to access sports and physical exercise opportunities, with telling consequences for...
Jump in, Join in, Get connected!
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistI was speaking to a colleague last week about online sources of information and was flabbergasted when he told me...
Not there yet – Russian Inclusion
Ginny Tyler Learning Disabilities SpecialistFive Essential Service Accomplishments Inclusion of people with disabilities is becoming part of the British way of life. Whilst we have...
Funding Improvements for People with Learning Disabilities
Tony Clarke Scottish Care Inspectorate SpecialistConvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities The Scottish Government introduced a new strategy in 2013 to improve services for...
Doped! Over-prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to people with learning disabilities
1FitThe news that people with learning disabilities are being prescribed anti-psychotic medication inappropriately reminds me of the ‘chemical cosh’ situations...
Movement without medication
1FitI have long had a ‘thing’ about the unnecessary use of laxatives. Its time to stop assuming these are a...
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