18 October 2011 - Swansea
Learning Disability Wales Annual Conference - all about the empowerment of people with learning disabilities.
Presentations and graphic recordings from Main Speakers
Launch of Easy Health Wales
Staff from Easy Health Wales provided an overview of the new website providing accessible information for people with learning disabilities and their families on health and well-being in Wales. Click here to visit the website.
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Getting Your Voice Heard
Mandy Williams from Participation Cymru provided an overview of the 10 Principles of Public Engagement.
To view Mandy's presentation click here.
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Taking a Lead in Teaching and Research
Victoria Jones from the Unit for Development in Intellectual Disabilities (UDID) a the University of Glamorgan and Lynne Evans from the Teaching and Research Advisory Committee (TRAC) at the University of Glamorgan and Rhonnda Cynon Taff People First explained how TRAC works to advise the University on teaching and research that is about people with a learning disability.
To view TRAC's presentation click here.
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Campaigning for the Crossing
Laura Wilson shared the story of her campaign to get a pedestrian crossing near her home.
To view newspaper articles from Laura's campaign click here.
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Having a Say and Making A Difference
Members of the Advisory Group at DRIVE shared a video, view the video below, they made of how they participate in the group and what it means to them.
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Workshops
Getting Your Message Across
Gwilym Morris from The Pollen Shop provided an interactive workshop for all delegates to get them thinking about how they can be more successful in important meetings and get their point across.
Click here to view the 3 simple stages.
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Commissioning - Getting it Right
Facilitated by Jenny Davies and Pip Dimmock from Swansea Participation Service with Lisa Banks from Swansea City Council
To download easy read Commissioning and Me document which explains what commissioning is and how you can be involved click here.
Right for the Job
Facilitated by Julie Davies and Karin Phillips from Community Lives Consortium
A Toolkit for Participation
Facilitated by staff and students from Derwen College
This workshop explored how to say what you want and make it happen. Students shared their experience of participating in the Student Council at Derwen College, click here to view video about Derwen College's Student Council.
Starting with Me - Individual Service Design
Facilitated by Carol Eveson from reach with Rob Wait.
Rob shared his experiences and told how Individual Service Design has supported him to move on and live the life he wants.
Click here to view presentation.
