Proceeding contribution from James Duddridge (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 5 March 2009. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Adults with Learning Disabilities.
Adults with Learning Disabilities
The hon. Gentleman mentioned autism. The Autism Bill, which the House agreed to send to Public Bill Committee last Friday, will give a statutory responsibility to local councils to make an assessment of the number of people with autism in their area and provide services within their community. Is there a broader need to assess the number of people with learning disabilities within an area? I am a trustee of an organisation that tries to engage people with learning disabilities. Even with all the stakeholders contributing information, it is difficult to connect with that broad community. My gut feeling is that local authorities do not know how many learning disabled people there are in their area.
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- Disability Disclosure of information Disability aids Employment Health services Education Human rights Discrimination Learning disability Training Personal budgets Reasonable adjustments
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