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Learning Disability Wales @ldwales.bsky.social · 6d

The #WelshGovernment is asking for feedback on how direct payments in health and social care could be offered and managed in Wales in future.

If you have any experience in this area, please respond to the consultation by Weds 8 October.

www.gov.wales/proposed-reg...

2 people smiling with an image of £20 notes. The text says "Using direct payments for Health and Social Care: We want to know what you think.'

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EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · 2d

Learning Disability Wales are looking for a new trustee! Join the friendly, hardworking board @ldwales.bsky.social and help make Wales a place where everyone is valued and included. Find out more and apply www.ldw.org.uk/new-trustee-... #CharityJobs #Trustee #Inclusion #Wales

Learning Disability Wales is looking for a new trustee to join our friendly and hardworking board of trustees - Learning Disability Wales

Do you want to make a difference and help make Wales the best country in the world for people with a learning disability to live, learn, love and work? If you are committed to our values and have live...

www.ldw.org.uk

EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · 8d

Consultation ends this month - please send your answers to
Welsh Government by 8 October 2025:

EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · Aug 15

We worked with Welsh Government to make an Easy Read version of their new consultation. It is about direct payments for health and social care in Wales. www.ldw.org.uk/er-work/easy... @ldwales.bsky.social

Front covers in English and Welsh of Easy Read Using direct payments for Health and Social Care

EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · 8d

Nid Hawdd ei Ddeall yn unig a gynhyrchwn! Rydym wedi cymryd ymgynghoriadau a dogfennau polisi cymhleth a chynhyrchu fersiynau Iaith Glir a fersiynau Hawdd ei Ddeall.

EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · 8d

We don't just create Easy Read! We’ve taken complex consultations and policy documents and produced Plain Language versions and Easy Read versions #PlainLanguage

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allwalesforum.bsky.social @allwalesforum.bsky.social · 9d

What to expect on the day:
☑️ A relaxed day out with lunch provided
☑️ Explore venues that could become future break destinations
☑️ Meet other families, share ideas, and shape something new
☑️ Connect with local businesses, providers, and partners ready to help build it

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allwalesforum.bsky.social @allwalesforum.bsky.social · 9d

Upcoming events:
Explore, Wrexham – Friday 3 Oct, 10:30–2:00
Scolton Manor, Pembrokeshire – Wed 8 Oct, 10:30–2:00
Tynyrhyd, Ceredigion – Wed 15 Oct, 10:30–2:00

Let’s keep Reimagining. Breaks. Together. – for families, by families, with professionals making it happen

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allwalesforum.bsky.social @allwalesforum.bsky.social · 9d

This Friday! In Wrexham!

☀️ Short Breaks Cooperative Engagement Days ☀️

The Short Breaks Cooperative is a new idea, led by carers but supported by professionals, to make it easier for families of people with learning disabilities to take regular, affordable breaks.

Carers shape the vision.

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EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · 9d

Mae gennym gyfieithwyr Cymraeg Hawdd ei Ddeall profiadol iawn sydd â gwybodaeth arbenigol am Gymraeg Hawdd ei Ddeall. Dydy e ddim mor syml â dim ond cyfieithu’r Saesneg Hawdd ei Ddeall.

Mae person yn eistedd i lawr gyda dau swigod siarad uwchben. Mae'r swigod siarad chwith yn cynnwys y gair Saesneg, mae'r swigod siarad dde yn cynnwys y gair Cymraeg.

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EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · 9d

We have very experienced Easy Read Welsh translators who have specialist knowledge of Easy Read Welsh. It’s not as simple as just getting the Easy Read English translated.

Person sat down with two speech bubbles above them. Left speech bubble has the word English, right speech bubble has the word Cymraeg.

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Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social · 9d

The paper:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social · 9d

📢 New research!

Autism isn’t *just* about challenges

We have strengths too but these are rarely recognised, which can lead to:

- low self-esteem
- shame
- stigma
- having less direction in life

Lampinen et al explore autistic strengths in a new paper 😊

Do you relate to any of these? 👇

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Learning Disability Wales @ldwales.bsky.social · 14d

Cross Party Group on Learning Disability Chair Sioned Williams MS talks passionately about the impact of the Stolen Lives Homes Not Hospitals protest and why it's important to keep fighting to get people with learning disabilities out of long stay hospitals #GoodLifeAlliance

Sioned Williams MS speaking at the Good Life Alliance event at the Senedd

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Learning Disability Wales @ldwales.bsky.social · 28d

We are pleased to see @bbccymruwales.bsky.social sharing easy English and easy Welsh news stories for the first time. Our @easyreadwales.bsky.social team produced a guide called "Ask for Easy Read" that explains what Easy Read is and how to ask for it. www.ldw.org.uk/easy-read-as...

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Bild @bild.org.uk · 28d

This week, @bbcwales.bsky.social shared an 'Easy English' and 'Easy Welsh' story highlighting the need to address early deaths in people with learning disabilities. 🌟
Bild's Kate Brackley says it's a great step forward! More accessible news means everyone can stay informed.

A blue frame around a white flyer, it has a photograph of Kate Brackley, a blonde woman wearing glasses and smiling, with the quotation: "This is the first time the news websites have ever done anything like this and I think its a great idea. It really gets the message out for people with a learning disability. I do follow BBC news on my phone and a lot of it is quite jargony, so I hope to see more things on the news being more easy read- it supports us to stay up to date." in grey text on the left hand side. Under the quote in blue text reads "Kate Brackley, Learning Disability Advisor.

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allwalesforum.bsky.social @allwalesforum.bsky.social · 28d

We are currently working with the University of South Wales and Marie Curie on the Ready Study, looking at gathering evidence through experience to improve end of life care for people with learning disabilities

To find out more about the study and apply - www.readystudy.uk

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EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · 16d

Mae’n bwysig meddwl am sut y byddwch yn cyrraedd eich cynulleidfa darged yn ystod cyfnodau cynnar cynllunio unrhyw brosiect newydd. Ni ddylid meddwl am hygyrchedd wedyn.

EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · 16d

It is important to think about how you will reach your target audience during the early planning stages of any new project. Accessibility shouldn't be an afterthought. #AccessibleFromTheStart #EasyReadMatters

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Social Care Wales @socialcarewales.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 Join one of our free online drop-in sessions to find out how we can support you to develop and improve your practice and the services you provide.

Every Friday until 24 October between 10am and midday.

👉 Find out more: insightcollective.socialcare.wales/whats-on/new...

A woman smiling. Also includes details of sessions, which are: Fridays, 10am to 12pm, online.

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EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · Sep 4

Please share - The UK government will send an Emergency Alert test to all mobile phones across the UK at 3pm on Sunday 7 September 2025. Get our Easy Read guides in English bit.ly/47LD3dh and Welsh bit.ly/47h3QhG #EasyRead #AccessibilityMatters

The UK Government are testing their new emergency alert system at 3:00pm on Sunday 7 September
Get an Easy Read guide here: http://bit.ly/47LD3dh

Mae Llywodraeth y DU yn profi eu system rhybudd brys newydd am 3:00pm ddydd Sul 7 Medi
Ganllaw Hawdd ei Ddeall yma: http://bit.ly/47h3QhG

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EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · Sep 4

Please share - The UK government will send an Emergency Alert test to all mobile phones across the UK at 3pm on Sunday 7 September 2025. Get our Easy Read guides in English bit.ly/47LD3dh and Welsh bit.ly/47h3QhG #EasyRead #AccessibilityMatters

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EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · Sep 4

Consultation ends this month - please send your answers to
@cardiffcouncil.bsky.social
by 30 September 2025:

EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · Jul 28

We worked with Cardiff Council to make an Easy Read version of their draft strategy, Neurodivergent Friendly Cardiff: 2025–2030. ldw.org.uk/er-work/easy... @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social

Front covers in English and Welsh of Easy Read Neurodivergent Friendly Cardiff

EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · Aug 29

Os ydych chi'n byw yn ardal Gorllewin De Cymru, bydd eich barn yn helpu i ddangos sut y gall y cynlluniau hyn effeithio ar bobl anabl a chymunedau.

EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · Aug 29

Mae hefyd yn gofyn a ydych chi'n meddwl bod y Llywodraeth yn gwrando ar broblemau lleol a beth allai eich helpu i deimlo'n fwy hyderus am waith neu hyfforddiant, os yw hyn yn rhywbeth rydych chi eisiau ac yn gallu ei wneud.

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EasyReadWales @easyreadwales.bsky.social · Aug 29

Mae'r arolwg yn esbonio beth mae'r Llywodraeth eisiau ei newid, pryd y gallai'r newidiadau ddechrau, a sut y gallent effeithio ar bobl anabl.

Mae'n gofyn cwestiynau am eich pryderon, eich sefyllfa ariannol, a sut y gallai'r newidiadau effeithio ar eich bywyd bob dydd.

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