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