Announcing the launch of the Green Light Discussion Forum
The Green Light Toolkit helps mental health services respond effectively to people who have autism or learning disabilities in addition to mental health difficulties
News (Learning Disabilities)
Paying people with learning disabilities lower wages perpetuates inequality
Calls to pay people with learning disabilities below the minimum wage fly in the face of the evidence – not to mention the law.
Transforming Care – What good could look like
Guest Blog from Doreen Kelly, Director of Beyond Limits an organisation based in South West England that has piloted a tailored approach using Individual Health Budgets in the form of an Individual Service Fund that ensures a truly person centred approach to support.
Paving the way
A guest blog from family carer Jackie Martel who talks about why a new Children's Pathway is needed and how a set of three new resources will help Transforming Care partnerships, local authorities and CCGs to work together with local families to develop a new approach.
Supporting a better path to adult life for young people with additional needs
Alice recently emailed us about her son who has Asperger’s. At our request she has written a blog to highlight some of the challenges her son and her family have faced over the years.
Seven days of Assessment and Treatment Unit (ATU) Action
Monday the 18th April sees the start of seven days of action to raise awareness of numbers of people with learning disabilities currently detained in ATUs, and what their lives are like.
Support networks for people who have a learning disability in the South of England
We have been commissioned by NHS England to identify and make contact with all networks of learning disability self-advocates, family carers and professionals across the South of England.
NDTi welcomes Dr Carol Robinson, MBE, to the staff team
We are absolutely delighted to welcome Dr Carol Robinson, MBE, as our new Community Inclusion (Learning Disability) lead.
The importance of prevention in the Learning Disabilities service model
The consultation on the draft service model, 'Supporting people with a learning disability and / or autism who have a mental health condition or display behaviour that challenges' (what a mouthful) is now over, and we will wait to see what emerges.
Employment is Everyone's Business
NDTi and the British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) have been awarded a grant by the Department for Education to work together on a new project: ‘Employment is Everyone’s Business’.