About this Event
Living a good life in your community – a right for everyone!
8th July 10 am – 4 pm, ICC, Birmingham
People with learning disabilities and/or autism still face exclusion from society and continue to face inequality in their day to day lives. The Pandemic highlighted the real disparities which exist in our communities, and it was those people who are most vulnerable who were disproportionately affected.
This conference will focus specifically on how the sector and wider society can support people to live independent and fulfilling lives and have the equality of opportunity to Live a Good Life. It will explore the current inequalities and barriers and look at how these worrying trends can be reversed.
Speakers will explore key themes of promoting parity of access to healthcare services, how learning disability settings can ensure they are homes not hospitals and how outcomes for people with a learn-ing disability and/or autism can be improved, and their human rights protected.
By Coming Together, we are Stronger Together and can make lasting change.
Speakers confirmed/invited include:
• Dr Roy Ashok, Consultant Psychiatrist for People with Learning Disabilities
• Gary Bourlet, Co-Founder of Learning Disability England - Invited
• Consensus Voices
• Care Quality Commission: Restrictive Practice, Restraint and Seclusion - Invited
• Steve Hardy, Independent Nurse Consultant
• Liz Howard, Professional Officer, British Association of Social Workers (BASW)
• Lloyd Page, Programmes Team Volunteer at Mencap
• Alexis Quinn, RRN Manager, Restraint Reduction Network
Chair: Cecelia Anim, Former President of the Royal College of Nursing and Parent
Programme:
10.00 – 10:30 Coffee / Exhibition
10.30 - 10:50 Care Quality Commission: Restrictive practice, restraint, and seclusion.
10.50 - 11: 10 Liz Howard, Professional Officer, British Association of Social Workers (BASW): Homes not hospitals
11:10 – 11.30 Alexis Quinn, RRN Manager, Restraint Reduction Network: A personal perspective from a woman with autism
11.30 – 11:40 Q&A
11.40 – 12:10 Break / Exhibition
12:10 – 12.30 Dr Roy Ashok, Consultant Psychiatrist for People with Learning Disabilities: Improving the outcomes for autistic People
12.30 – 12:50 Steve Hardy, Independent Nurse Consultant and Lloyd Page, Programmes Team Volunteer at Mencap, and Peter Cronin, self-advocate: Peter and friends experience of Covid-19: for people with learning disabilities and/or autism
12.50 - 13:00 Q&A
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch / Exhibition
14.00 – 14.20 Consensus Voices: How our team of Quality Checkers help people with learning disa-bilities live their best life
14.20 – 14:40 Gary Bourlet, Co-Founder of Learning Disability England: Pride and Relationships in Learning Disability Services
14.40 – 15.55 Q&A
15.55 – 16.00 Chair’s closing remarks
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The International Convention Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom
GBP 75.00