9 February 2024 We were appalled and distressed to read the details of the recent case of failings...
Our response to the failings at Poole Hospital
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Policy & Campaigns
Can we Count on the SEND System?
19 January 2024 The Department for Education (DfE) have announced today that they will be...
Plans to protect care home, hospital and hospice visiting
One of the most distressing aspects of the various lockdowns connected with the COVID pandemic was...
LeDeR annual report 2022 – our response
30 November 2023 The Learning from Lives and Deaths - people with a learning disability and...
Maguire family take their case to the European Court of Human Rights
Jackie Maguire, who had Down's syndrome, became ill while living in a care home in St. Annes,...
‘I feel so proud of myself’ – Campaigner presents at the United Nations
21 June 2023 Self-advocate and 'Our Voice' member Emma Bishop has just returned from a...
Covid 19 Enquiry | Every Story Matters
We know, through our helpline and advocacy work, just how significantly people who have Down's...
Statement following the Inquest of Sally Lewis
We were shocked and very saddened to hear, at her inquest, more of the details surrounding the...
Current Child Trust Fund system unfairly affects young adults who have a learning disability
20 April 2023 On Yesterday's Nicky Campbell show on BBC Radio 5 Live the topic of access to Child...
Statement on the sentencing of Dami Tobi Ayan
6 April 2023 Ayan was a staff member at Cawston Hall, the long stay private hospital (now closed)...
Tell it Right in Jersey
Last week we were delighted to have facilitated two Tell it Right training events for the health...
Statement on the publication of the SEND Review Improvement Plan
2 March 2023 The DSA welcomes the long awaited release today of the DfE’s SEND...