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Learning Disability & Autism – the need for urgent Covid-19 vaccination
In response to the recently published ONS data which highlights the shocking and outrageous reality that around two-thirds of fatalities from Covid-19 during its peak from start of March to mid-May were people with disabilities. That is more than 22,000 … Continue reading
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BASW & Autism Alliance – video of webinar held on 17 December 2020
We’d like to share with you a highly successful webinar that was held in December and which features a particularly relevant video made by the parent of a young man who spent several unecessary years in hospital. This webinar explored … Continue reading
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COVID-19 deaths of patients with a learning disability notified to LeDeR
Please find the link to the latest data collected through the LeDeR (Learning from Death Reviews) relating to people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people. Click HERE The summary below is courtesy of Dr Chris Hatton and reveals the shocking … Continue reading
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BASW England joins calls for people with learning disabilities to be given vaccine priority status
Please follow the link below in relation to action being taken against the Secretary of State for Health seeking priority access to the Covid-19 vaccine for all individuals with learning disabilities, on an equal basis with other highly clinically vulnerable … Continue reading