Learning Disability
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News: Churchill Fellow saves US music faculty
Churchill Fellow David Stanley (CF 2019) has saved a music department in America which he visited during his Fellowship from closing down. The Music Department of Kean...
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Blog: A musical lifeline for people with learning disabilities
Covid-19 is devastating for the 1.5 million people living in the UK with learning disabilities. The Care Quality Commission published figures that show a 175% rise in...
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Blog: Music is magic for people with a learning disability
On 15 April, 200 musicians with a learning disability will perform a spectacular, life-changing concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. They will be supported by a...
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Blog: Reimagining accessible theatre
“Most of our pupils get taken home by the school bus on a Friday and then don’t leave the house until the school bus picks them up again on Monday.” This is something I...
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Measures to protect learning disabled adults from sexual abuse
Susan Sharples, from St Annes-On-Sea, and the founder and director of a community interest company, travelled to Canada and the USA to investigate approaches to...
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Music Education and Performance for People with Learning Disabilities
David Stanley, a charity director from Essex, travelled to the USA to study approaches to music education for people with learning disabilities. He will use his findings...
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Tracey Francis' Story
Tracey Francis travelled to Italy, the Czech Republic and Norway during 2015 and 2016 to investigate approaches to preparing school-leavers with learning difficulties...
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Involving families in investigating the deaths of learning disabled people
Dr George Julian, from Torquay, is a freelance Knowledge Transfer Consultant and former special advisor to the Care Quality Commission. She travelled to Australia,...