To ask if we could have a thread for learning disabilities week?

[hellokittymania]

Today starts national learning disabilities week and I just think it's good to raise awareness and talk about these things. Since I am now a board member on our local disability organization I have been looking for events to attend in my area, as I really want to know what the needs are for our local people with learning disabilities, and there are quite a high number of them in this area. As I found out last week, many are not even registered with the local learning disabilities organization as they have other disabilities.

Anyway, I just really wanted to start a thread and raise a bit of awareness. Please, we can do a lot of positive things and open our minds . A lot of my friends have learning disabilities, and many times, people assume wrong things about them.

If anything else, can I just challenged you to talk to somebody with a learning disability this week, or to someone's family who has a member with a learning disability.

i have a child with complex learning disabilities and autism, in my area there is quite a lot of stuff for children we are served quite well with special needs school's we have two primary schools and two secondary schools , its the post 19 years which worry me ,well the send reforms go up to 25, but other things stop at 19.

X2boys I think that services are lacking in a lot of areas for adults. It's actually something that I really want to get into. In our area, there are 130 for charities for special needs, but I just need to find out who is doing what and what is out there. But even so, after 25 I know there is a gap

My 12 year old has complex needs including very severe learning difficulties. With some fighting we managed to get him into a very good school so we have no worries about that side of things at present.
Outside of school there is no social provision for him. There are some groups and activities for those his age with learning disability but they are aimed at those not so severe and/or can cope with busy stimulating environments. Ds needs low sensory and a small number of familiar young people and carers ( like he has at school).
I don't see any provision locally for him as an adult.

my dd is severely disabled and has severe learning disability.
she went to a brilliant school(sn) and we had respite there. when she left at 19 she went to term time residential college and excelled there.
she is now and adult and in a lovely care home. that was a hard decision to make, but living at home wasn't an option as she would be so isolated.
she loves where she is.
just posting really to say that 19 plus can be good.

To both of you who have posted, can you suggest some social activities that we could maybe run, especially for adults? I know your children aren't adults yet, but maybe you could help me to think of something. I have asked, if we can find funding, to be allowed to organize things in this area. I am currently working on setting up a social enterprise, it's more along the health side of things, but I am sure I can come up with something in terms of sustainable funding. Even if it's small. I know there are groups that meet every week and do art, music, and share a meal geared towards people with complex needs and severe Learning disabilities. But what other small things could I maybe look into doing? What would be helpful for parents and Carers as well?