Opportunity Knocks in Learning Disability Week.

M2 Presswire;  June 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......employment opportunities for people with a learning disability. At present there are 800,000 people with a learning disability who are of a working age...just like everybody else. People with a learning disability thrive in working environments...

Treat Me Right! Better health care for people with a learning disability

Living WELL;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...People with a learning disability have poorer health compared with others...their needs. The health issues of people with a learning disability Research has shown that people with a learning disability are three times more likely to die...

The Poverty Of People With A Learning Disability Must Be Tackled In The...

M2 Presswire;  March 11, 2008 ;     453 words ......2008-MENCAP: The Poverty Of People With A Learning Disability Must Be Tackled In...LTD RDATE:11032008 People with a learning disability are amongst the poorest...and children with a learning disability. More people should have the chance...

Discussion. (Interactive).(Learning disability services)

Learning Disability Practice;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the plight of people with a learning disability who get caught...people with a learning disability * People's learning disability often goes unrecognised...people with a learning disability * Some people pretend to understand...

LDP talks to Tom Tait, who has just taken over as chair of the RCN's...

Learning Disability Practice;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......nurses towards people with learning...I decided that learning disability nursing was for...changes in the learning disability field. There is...practitioner for people with learning...contribution that learning disability nursing makes to the lives of ...

Disabled bring visible benefits ; Mencap has highlighted a range of...

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  June 17, 2008 ;     210 words ......customers are people with a learning disability." Mencap...somebody with a learning disability could improve...morale. "Many people with a learning disability have been...recruiting people to, adding...someone with a learning disability could ...

Platform: Maureen Piggot, Mencap regional director: Time to have say on...

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  June 19, 2002 ;     586 words ......housing schemes for people with a learning disability or other groups will...that 75 per cent of people with a learning disability are looked after...with families and people with a learning disability to decide the housing...

Creating a brighter future Agnes Lunny started to lose her sight at...

Belfast Telegraph;  June 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......still some 700-800 people with a learning disability in Northern Ireland...Only about 5% of people with a learning disability - who aren't living...implications! We say - let people with learning disability have a choice. For...

UK GOVERNMENT: Funding boost for learning disability pr projects.

M2 Presswire;  August 27, 1999 ;     372 words ......Funding boost for learning disability projects (C)1994-...in the care of people with learning...Good Health - for people with Down's Syndrome...pregnant women with learning disability (GBP14,000); and...Organisations in the learning disability field were ...

Working with parents who have a learning disability

Community Practitioner;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......with parents with a learning disability.' This is nothing...nurses and community learning disability nurses, but it should...what is meant by a learning disability. The guidance refers to Valuing People, a significant report...of parents with a learning ...

Minister outlines plans for Learning Disability Strategy.

M2 Presswire;  October 19, 2000 ;     462 words ......new National Learning Disability Strategy will...Hutton said: People with learning...services for all people with a learning disability. Mencap continues...the rights of people with a learning disability. Notes to Editors...

Volunteering dos and don'ts ; Volunteering opportunities in not-for-profit...

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  June 21, 2008 ;     150 words ......valuable experience for people with a learning disability. But according to Mencap...Learning Disability Week, people with a learning disability should not be volunteering...practice. Someone with a learning disability should also be paid...

WorkRight: Mencap's new project for supporting people with a learning...

Living WELL;  November 1, 2004 ;     524 words ......create 500 jobs for people with a learning disability over three years...opportunities for people with a learning disability with large, national...unemployment rate among people with a learning disability by helping employers...

NEW LEARNING DISABILITY DIRECTOR APPOINTED.

PR Newswire;  September 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Paper Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st...of Valuing People. 2. He has...adviser in learning disability and the wider...3. Valuing People: A New Strategy for Learning Disability for the 21st...

Project IndiGo: flexible transport solutions for people with a learning...

Living WELL;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Opportunities for people with a learning disability are often restricted...IndiGo is enabling people with a learning disability to use a variety...person-centred plan. For many people with a learning disability, social, employment...