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Nov 22, 2022

Covid Stories from the Learning Disability Community - Brighton & Hove Speak Out

Brighton & Hove Speak Out, have been working on a project called 'Covid Stories from the Learning Disability Community'. The project...

Feb 4, 2022

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, History Special

We have some fantastic news to share with you! A paper we wrote on the experiences of people with learning disabilities during the...

Jan 27, 2022

Happy New Year

Hello from the Surviving Through Story team, We hope you had a wonderful New Year. We wanted to provide you with a bit of an update. RIX...

Dec 3, 2021

Conference 25 November 2021

This Surviving Through Story conference was in partnership with Me and Your Stories (MYS) project. It was wonderful to see so many of you...

Nov 26, 2021

LSBU The Other One Show - A chat show hosted by people with learning disabilities

The Other One Show Thursday 16th December, 3pm – 4pm After a brilliant event earlier this year, we’re back! The Other One Show is a chat...

Nov 2, 2021

I think “Spectrum 10k, Not OK.”

Tony is a member of Generate and also works as one of our Generate Voices Coordinators. He wrote this blog post about his views on the...

Sep 30, 2021

Surviving Through Story Conference

We are having a conference! It is on Thursday 25 November 2021 from 2pm until 3.30pm. We're hosting this conference to celebrate the...

Sep 24, 2021

Craig Runs The Great North Run

Craig Hart is a member of our Advisory Board. He also recently ran the Great North Run dressed as a gorilla!

Jul 5, 2021

[Re]Focus: Exploring Unheard Voices | A Film by The Baked Bean Company

Lockdowns, loneliness and everything in between. One year on from the biggest change in our lifetime, actors at The Baked Bean Company...

Jun 24, 2021

It's Learning Disability Pride Week!

People with learning disabilities have been kept out of community life in the past. Not any more. We are going to ordinary schools with...

Jun 24, 2021

SASH Loneliness Survey

SASH are asking health professionals in London to work with clients who have LD to support them to fill out this survey above when...

May 14, 2021

Forgotten Left behind Overlooked: Report about children and families with SENDs in the Pandemic 2020

This report was written by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Special Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Click here to read an easy read...

Apr 19, 2021

George Floyd Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Before He Died, by Paul Christian

Disabled people should have the chance to understand and talk about the news. Just like everyone else. People often assume we don’t have...

Apr 14, 2021

Campaign about ‘do not resuscitate’ orders for Covid-19 patients with learning disabilities.

Throughout the pandemic, there have been reports of "do not resuscitate" orders being put on patients who have a learning disability,...

Feb 24, 2021

People with learning disabilities to be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine!

Today Public Health England confirmed that everyone on the GP learning disability register will be invited for vaccination as part of...

Feb 12, 2021

Build Back Better

We have joined the Build Back Better campaign because people with learning disabilities and autism need to be fully included in the...

Feb 8, 2021

Covid-19 Vaccinations

Harry Roche is one of our Advisory Board members and he also works for Mencap. He has this message about why people with learning...

Jan 4, 2021

Your Voice Wall

Talkback are proud to present the Your Voice Wall. Your Voice Wall has been created by people with a learning disability and/or autism...

Dec 14, 2020

Merry Christmas from the Surviving Through Story Team!

On Friday we had our last Surviving Through Story advisory board meeting - with friends, Christmas outfits, and our favourite Christmas...

Dec 8, 2020

New Mencap Report about Covid-19

Mencap have published an easy read report called "My Health, My Life: Barriers to healthcare for people with a learning disability during...

Dec 2, 2020

Learning from the COVID Crisis Talks - Easy Read

There was an SEN Policy Research Seminar on 16 November 2020. This was a really good webinar about what has happened to children with...

Nov 10, 2020

Down’s Syndrome added to clinically extremely vulnerable list

This means that they have been classed as at higher risk for coronavirus. People who are in the clinically extremely vulnerable group...

Sep 30, 2020

Launch Event Recording

Thank you to everyone who came to our launch event - it was great to see so many people! Click here to watch the recording of the event.

Aug 31, 2020

Report: Don't Ever Call Us Unskilled again!

Published on 5th August 2020 by Paradigm, “Don’t ever call us ‘unskilled’ again” is a report that brings you the voices of 118 Support...

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