Langdon Down Museum

Museum & Victorian theatre. History of learning disability, Dr John Langdon Down, Normansfield, Earlswood & James Henry Pullen. The museum is currently closed.

[Down's Syndrome Association @DSAInfo]

#21thingstoknow about #Downssyndrome | No. 21 Today is #WorldDownSyndromeDay. It's a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the @UN since 2012
Let's get the celebrations going! #WDSD #LotsOfSocks #CONNECT

[Down's Syndrome Association @DSAInfo]

Happy World Down Syndrome Day everyone! Join us in celebrating and spreading awareness by wearing your mismatched socks with pride AND please tag us in all your #LotsOfSocks pictures!

[Down's Syndrome Association @DSAInfo]

#21thingstoknow about #Downssyndrome | No. 17

People who have Down’s syndrome can get married… and many have! 🔔

[Down's Syndrome Association @DSAInfo]

As you may already know, this year's Awareness Week theme is #Connect. We are celebrating the power of connections and highlighting how you can connect and make a difference.

Here is how Maya has connected this past year...

#DownsSyndrome #DownSyndrome #AwarenessWeek #WDSD21

[United Response @unitedresponse]

Did you know that people with a learning disability can ask for extra support when they get the vaccine? 💉

This support is called 'reasonable adjustments'.

Find out more in this easy read guide from @mencap_charity ➡️ https://t.co/Mw6kSCfeKX

#Covid19UK #Disability

[Irene Tuffrey-Wijne @TuffreyWijne]

Are you a parent / sibling of an older person with learning disabilities (age 40+) living at home with parents? Would you like to take part in our study? We want to hear about your experiences, worries & hopes for their future @OlderAhead. Find out more: https://t.co/MYg92BLl1A

[CAHSCR Kingston University @RESEARCH_KUSGUL]

New Research Group Launch: #LearningDisability research @KUStGeorges, led by Prof @TuffreyWijne and @derwem. Tue 30 March 2021. For more info watch the video below 👇👇👇
https://t.co/RRzCyduos6

[Langdon Down Museum @LangdonDown]

Last In Line: The Forgotten Learning Disabled Soldiers of World War One https://t.co/6BnlM9ZCDK

[Langdon Down Museum @LangdonDown]

All patients with a learning disability eligible for vaccine https://t.co/hCzQkx9zwO

[Langdon Down Museum @LangdonDown]

How does the change in vaccination for those on the learning disabilities register affect you? https://t.co/su2RbMVpnE

[Langdon Down Museum @LangdonDown]

All people on learning disabilities register in England to be invited for Covid vaccine https://t.co/iUN3ZmaYcq

[Matt Hancock @MattHancock]

I know how worried many with learning disabilities, & their loved ones, have been

So I warmly welcome this JCVI advice that everyone on the GP Learning Disability Register should now be jabbed in cohort 6

I’ve asked the NHS to implement immediately

[Jo Whiley @jowhiley]

Update on Frances: a thread.
First of all, Frances would like to say a huge thank you to everybody who has helped her, especially the amazing doctors and nurses of the NHS, and her many MANY well-wishers. ❤️

[Mencap @mencap_charity]

It is incredible news that the #JVCI has advised @GOVUK to offer everyone on the #LearningDisability Register the #CovidVaccine.

If you have a learning disability and want the vaccine, urgently talk to your GP to make sure you are registered.

Read more: https://t.co/gZtd8Ol1cK

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

‘This is a great day’ - ⁦@jowhiley⁩ reacts to news that ALL those with a learning disability who are on the GP Learning Disability Register will get the covid jab as a priority (until now it was only those with severe learning disabilities). Jo’s sister will now get her jab

[IPD @InstitutePD]

Tuesday 23/2 our next webinar 1230 1330

Florian Schwanninger (Historian, Director Hartheim Centre, Austria)
on "Aktion T4" or the Nazi euthanasia and its aftermath in Austria after 1945.  @odriscolld will be chairing this session.

DM for a link

[Langdon Down Museum @LangdonDown]

Fury at ‘do not resuscitate’ notices given to Covid patients with learning disabilities https://t.co/XuvbL0snvQ

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

"It's the stuff of nightmares at the moment...I'd give up my vaccine in a heartbeat"

@JoWhiley's sister Frances - who has learning disabilities - lives in a care home where there is a Covid outbreak but she hasn't been offered a vaccine - although Jo herself has.

#R4Today

[Mencap @mencap_charity]

Reports 📰 from the @OpenUniversity highlight where people with a #LearningDisability have needed more support during #COVID19:

➡ Self-advocacy groups have had to fill in the gaps. 🤝
➡ Access to technology is needed for wellbeing. 💻

Read more: https://t.co/yxojYEMRC7 👈

[Mencap @mencap_charity]

We are delighted to announce that...🎺

Harvey Price is our new ambassador! ❤️

We are incredibly excited to have Harvey as part of the Mencap family.

Welcome Harvey! 🚆🐸

@KatiePrice #HarveyAndMencap