In 1978 the Bee-Gees and Abba were in the music charts. Louise Brown, the first 'test tube' baby was born. Anna Ford was the first female newsreader on ITV and I started my training to become a mental subnormality nurse.
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This talk is about how people with learning disabilities help to train doctors and nurses now and what happened in the past.
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I am a young man (19) and have cerebral palsy. I am studying Architecture at Cardiff University. I got three A-levels in: Geography (A*), Design and Technology: Product Design (A), Mathematics (B). I will share my experiences of health care and how it has affected my life.
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This paper will review evidence in the literature that provides us with information about life in the medieval period for people who had learning disabilities, especially in relation to medical help and health care.
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This talk examines the different ways in which doctors and other members of the medical profession have been involved with people with learning disabilities over time.
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Johanna and I are a mother and daughter team, supported by PAs. Johanna communicates without words. Johanna has had two periods of 4 months of living in hospital; on an adult ward. Both times, I moved into hospital with her.
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The Mencap report 'Treat Me Right' suggests that people with a learning disability do not always get the help they need from the National Health Service. I talked with my son, who has a learning disability, about whether he had got the help he needed.
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What is the problem? The NHS Health Service wants to make sure it provides good health care. The NHS wants to know from patients how good their treatment is and if it works.
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This paper reviews what is known about the history of healthcare and people with learning difficulties in the UK.
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This paper draws on my personal, practice and academic/research experiences of ‘learning difficulties’. I explore some of these areas before offering recommendations for medics, social care professionals and people with learning difficulties themselves.
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We have two experienced self advocates who would like to come and talk about their own personal experiences of health problems. They will talk about the time from finding out about their health problems until now.
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Men and women with learning disabilities can have problems accessing healthcare services, such as hospitals, in a way that fully meets their medical needs. This can have a bad effect on their health and quality of life (Mencap, 2007, 2012; Michaels, 2007; Emerson & Baines, 2011).
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Fred Pilcher was admitted to Harperbury Hospital, Hertfordshire in October, 1928. “It was a Thursday, a lovely day, and I remember we had soup and rice pudding for dinner.”
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Staying healthy and in good shape is important for everyone. The health care service is also known as the NHS. The NHS asks people to make decisions about what they can do to stay healthy and prevent heart disease.
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Some people with learning disabilities need support from staff to help them live healthy lives. Staff are often expected to know a lot about health and illness so that they can do their jobs. Some staff have had training to support people with health and illness but others have not.
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Liz Tilley
Chair of the Social History of Learning Disability (SHLD) Research Group
School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
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