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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!

[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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...