Including everyone

Some people with learning disabilities miss out more than others. The Valuing People Now says that all people with learning disabilities and their families should benefit from the Strategy. The needs of anyone with learning disability must be part of any plans about them.

Valuing People Now is inclusive of those groups who are least heard and often excluded. This reflects concerns expressed by respondents to the consultation on Valuing People Now that service providers, commissioners and policy makers were not specifically addressing the needs of these groups, including:

• people with complex needs;
• people from Black and Minority Ethnic Groups and newly arrived communities;
• people with autistic spectrum conditions; and
• offender in custody and in the community.

People with learning disabilities can be active citizens in different ways, like:

• being part of Advocacy Groups
• being part of the Partnership Boards

Some people with learning disabilities are involved in their communities as volunteers and advocates for other community organisations.

Click on the icons below to find out more about the above groups

• BME Communities
• Young People
• Complex needs
• Families
• Offenders
• People with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Websites relevant to this topic are provided below. Please note: These links will open the website in a new browser window.

• Asset based community development
• Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
• Social Exclusion Unit
• Active Communities Unit
• The Community Development Foundation
• Scottish Human Services Trust
• Common Knowledge
• Active Citizen
• I&DeA 'Including people with learning disabilities'
• The Changing Places Consortium

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