Its origins lie in Hollins’ use of pictures to interact with her son, Nigel, who has a learning disability. She employed five learning disabled people over 25 years to teach medical students how to communicate better. What does she think of the state of support for people with learning disabilities and autism today? And the latest NHS-commissioned review of mortality rates, published last month, finds that people with learning disabilities are disproportionately likely to die in hospital. A lot more needs to be done to tackle the lack of parity in healthcare for learning disabled people, she says.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2019 10:52 UTC