Category Archives: Downs syndrome

Many carers find they give up their life to care

December 7, 2011   Carers, disability, Downs syndrome

 

The daily challenges faced by carers

 

There are around two million people who care for a sick or disabled relative in Britain. With this figure set to rise, Julia McWatt spoke to one couple about the challenges they have faced

FOR CARERS and those they support, it can be a constant battle just to get through everyday life.

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LEARNING disability day services may be changing in Northumberland

September 26, 2011   Carers, Downs syndrome, learning difficulties, ukcuts

Fears grow for future of learning disability care

Published on Monday 26 September 2011 01:00

LEARNING disability day services could be taken out of direct council control.

But a long-serving Northumberland carer has spoken of his concerns over the move.

Senior councillors have backed proposals for Northumberland County Council to team up with an external care provider to transform its five day centres and three horticultural skills units into a social enterprise.

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Ricky Gervais improving the lives of disabled people

September 25, 2011   Carers, disability, Downs syndrome, learning difficulties, mental health

Thank you Ricky Gervais, for improving the lives of disabled people

As the mother of two disabled daughters I thank Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for the way they have highlighted discrimination and ignorance, writes Nicky Clark

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A Ricky Gervais sketch on employing disabled staff.It’s been a decade since The Office appeared on our TV screens. The story of daily grind in a Slough paper merchants was so realistic that when I stumbled across it on BBC2 one night it took me a minute to realise that it wasn’t a documentary.

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