Tag Archives: mental health

County Council support to help most vulnerable

30 June 2011

County Council support to help most vulnerable
Edited by Andy Porter editor@wellbeingnorfolk.co.uk
 More people in Norfolk are set to benefit from a project that sees the health of vulnerable people benefit from a structured program of farming–related activities on a ‘care farm’.

Father’s anguish at son’s psychosis care

Father’s anguish at son’s psychosis care

8:45am Wednesday 22nd June 2011

 

THE father of a student who killed himself after being diagnosed with schizophrenia has called for a major rethink on emergency hospital admissions for mental health patients.

If support workers would only listen to what people with a disablity want!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3FmlGjPITg&feature=related[/youtube]

 

Heavy Load is a punk rock band with learning disabilities.

The band and support worker Paul tour the country, proving that learning disabilities do not stop people expressing themselves.
Also read What is a learning disability?

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Childrenwithalearningdisability/Pages/Whatislearningdisability.aspx