MENCAP- Learning Disabilities week

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Learning Disability Week is a week of national campaigning and awareness raising run by Mencap and will take place 18 - 24 June 2012.
This year’s Learning Disability Week will be from Monday 18 June to Sunday 24 June. It will continue the great work of Learning Disability week 2011, which saw the launch of the ‘Stand by me’ campaign against hate crime.
Over the last year, the work of Mencap campaigners has meant police forces up and down the country have embraced the ‘Stand by me’ campaign and have been tackling disability hate crime. This progress is excellent but we need to make sure that it continues.
We have a long way to go to make disability hate crime a thing of the past, but we have a good starting point in the 'Stand by me’ campaign. Learning Disability Week is a great opportunity to keep disability hate crime at the top of the police’s agenda and for people with a learning disability, their families and local campaigners to build stronger relationships with the police.
If you have any questions, you can email campaigns@mencap.org.uk to find out more.
Take action

We want as many people as possible to get involved with Learning Disability Week this year, so the police know that tackling disability hate crime is important to lots of people.


Learning Disability Week events

There will be lots of local events happening across the country during Learning Disability Week in 2012


Police and crime commissioners

In England (except London) and Wales, there is also another brand new opportunity for influencing the police. Newly elected police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are being created to take on the role of the existing police authorities and they will decide what is most important for the police to work on.










http://www.mencap.org.uk/campaigns/l...isability-week

[leclerc]

Re: MENCAP- Learning Disabilities week

Just wanted to add another charity that does work with Learning disabilities based in Leeds called CHANGE

http://www.changepeople.co.uk/

[Hurricane Puffrose]

Re: MENCAP- Learning Disabilities week

May I add Little Hopefuls, our little villages stand against places that wont take a severely handicapped child, on the grounds of Insurance.

http://www.dearnevillagemonthlys.com/little-hopefuls/

[Magrew]

Re: MENCAP- Learning Disabilities week

I have a son who hasn't been in school for almost 2 years and has only had school education for around 7 weeks in the last 3 years because he has not been lucky enough to receive appropriate support in schools. It has shocked us his treatment in schools that actually specialised in supporting his condition. He has an autistic spectrum disorder.

Any charity that is actually advancing understanding has my support.

Mind you we have had a lot of fun teaching him at home but it has been difficult while holding down a full-time job. Luckily he is quite nocturnal so we have a lot of late night philospophical discussions about life the universe and everything.

We have deliberately cultured a positive view of the police within our son and they have been fantastic with him. He has had free runs in police cars and he even has his own genuine police hat. One night he even got to play pool with them in their mess room. It is very important that he understands that these are people there to help. They have gone out of their way to work with us on this. The amazing thing is that we never knew these officers at all before we asked for their help. Very nice people.