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A Life Like Any Other Campaign

May 15, 2007 in Community Care

 

Community Care is campaigning for people with learning disabilities to have the same chances in life as everyone else. The chance to:



1.      Have their own place
2.      Get a job
3.      Play a full part in the community



We aim to: 


  • Raise employers’ awareness of the potential of people with learning disabilitiesEncourage those local authorities who are lagging behind to speed up their efforts to roll out direct payments
  • Press for learning disability partnership boards to be given increased powers and a proper budget
  • Urge primary care trusts to move faster in getting people out of NHS campuses and into supported living
  • Urge that supported living is rolled out to more people and is adequately resourced
  • Lobby for more support for parents/carers with learning disabilities
  • Promote a Wanless-style review to set out what services are needed by people with learning disabilities and how much they will cost


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