News (Preparing for Adulthood)

Time to Talk Next Steps one year on. The celebration event brought together young people, parents, carers and staff to coproduce the next year of the project.

Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) support has changed since the programme came to an end in March 2022, please read this important update about how this affects the support we can offer, as well as the website and helpline.

Lizzi talks about the complexities of being a confident and outgoing teenager who also suffers from severe anxiety and depression.

As part of our work on the Erasmus project to learn about Pathways into Employment for young people with Disabilities, one of the participants, Sterre Ploeger, has contributed a graphic representation of her story.

Recently I spent the day at the Westminster Insight Conference and was struck by the number of times people referred to inclusion, in particular, the challenges that inclusion brings. But I have to ask – is it really that challenging?

This fantastic video details a graphic summary of a recent High Needs Provision (SEND) Review in Blackburn with Darwen by the NDTi Preparing for Adulthood team.

Events on transition issues are available as part of the Preparing for Adulthood project.

Despite often having the same aspirations as their peers, young disabled people are less likely to achieve paid employment, independent living, good health and community inclusion as they move into adulthood.