Page 26 - Learning Disability News Today

She laughs people with a learning disability are not all the same. just like anyone else, we have talents, and there are times where we need help. do you want to go through this again? mm—hm. im lucky. i live a very full life. ive had good treatment from the nhs. but thats not always the case for other people like me.

Cheering i want to know why people with a learning disability are more than twice as likely to die from avoidable causes than the rest of the population... she didnt deserve the treatment she got. ..and how some hospitals fail to care properly for people like me. im absolutely heartbroken that they treated robert like that. people with disabilities have the right to be treated as a person. you. mum. theres a camera.

Has a genetic disorder and a learning disability. ill tell you what i think we should do. theres a cat outside that would like to meet us now. yes. go and open the door. what are roberts favourite things to do? he likes to play with the football. he also like buses. he likes silly banter. makes him laugh. two years ago, robert went to hospital with testicular cancer. the tumour was removed, but the cancer had spread.

People really are getting labelled in life. im meeting someone with direct experience of poor care. lisas niece, chloe, died in hospital in 2019. she had a serious muscle condition and a learning disability. would you like to have a look at a little video of hersinging? so shes got her favourite socks on here. right, babe, off you go.

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