Hearing the voice of people with a learning disability & autistic people

**Please note that a link to the webinar will be sent to the email you have registered your booking the day before the event.**

This webinar is launching ‘Learning Disability Week’ and the theme aims to ‘DO YOU SEE ME?’

The webinar aims to share the importance of the voice of people and their families in ensuring how the right health services can be provided to meet the needs of people with a learning disability.

Part 1: Self-Advocacy and Co-Production

NHS England, East of England commissioned ACE Anglia to work across the Region with partners to gather the views of self-advocates and their families to understand the challenges they have faced. This is a summary of the feedback they have provided over the course of the last 3 years.

Speaker: 
Andrea Clark is CEO of ACE Anglia, a user-led advocacy organisation working across Suffolk.
About my work
I enjoy my job at Ace and greatly admire the people I work with. I learn from the people I work with and love the drive, creativity and enthusiasm around me. Every day at Ace is different.

Part 2: Breaking Barriers to Healthcare

Breaking Barriers to enable access to healthcare appointments – a series of videos created in co-production with clinicians and autistic people or people with a learning disability.  Hear about how these were made, how important it was to listen to the patient and the clinician viewpoints.

Speaker:

Heather Wildsmith – Projects Development Manager Autism Bedfordshire.  Has worked in the autism field for over 25 years to improve the lives for autistic people with local authorities, healthcare and cultural spaces

Questions about this event?

Name: Claudia Martinez

Email: claudia.martinez2@nhs.net

Telephone: 07702 421 822