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Over 60% of adults surveyed in the UK believe the political agenda does not prioritise the needs of learning disabled adults, while “a lack of funding” and “unchanging attitudes among the public” are preventing learning disabled people from living the best life possible.

A Devon woman with Down Syndrome is the embodiment of the theme for World Down Syndrome Day today – “End The Stereotypes” – as she lives life to the full in her 78th year.

The Government’s actions do not align with its words, as evidenced by the absence of a UK government minister at the United Nations (UN) hearing on the Government’s violations of disabled people’s rights under the UN Convention on the Right of Disabled Persons.

Hft has responded to this year’s Social Care 360 report, released today by The King’s Fund, saying it reaffirms the extensive challenges facing the adult social care sector and the need for immediate action to alleviate pressure.

In response to Community Integrated Care’s Unfair to Care report, Hft calls for parity of the adult social care workforce with the NHS as key to a general election manifesto.

Women with a learning disability experience double discrimination simply for being a woman and having a learning disability. This International Women’s Day, Hft is calling for greater recognition of the additional challenges learning disabled women face, calling out discrimination and encouraging inclusion.

The absence of any nod to adult social care in today’s Spring Budget is highly disappointing and yet another indication that our sector, those who work within it, and those who draw upon it, remain at the back of the queue.

Hft, the learning disability charity, has welcomed the Buckland Review on Autism Employment, which puts forward concrete recommendations to ensure that work is accessible to, and inclusive of, autistic people.