News
New website launched! Easy Read Health Wales is a brand new website where you can find lots of Easy Read information about health and well-being. If you need help finding or understanding any of the information, you can call the helpline on 0808 808 1111. Click here to take a look at the new website.
Who's Challenging Who? Free Event
Mencap Cymru have been working in partnership with Bangor University to develop, implement and evaluate a training session that aims to improve staff attitudes and increase empathy towards people with a learning disability/autism and challenging behaviour. The development of the training and evaluation findings will be discussed at a free event in Cardiff on 14th June. Click here for details.
Welsh Government Consultations
There are two important consultations in progress at the moment: Social Services (Wales) Bill and Making Things Better - Review of Social Services Complaints. Click here to find out more.
LD Minimum Data Set
Important data about the number of people with learning disabilities in Wales can be found on InfoBaseCymru, a website set up by the Local Government Data Unit Wales. Go to Maps and Tables and under Themes click on Learning Disabilities (Adults) Minimum Dataset.
Welcome to the LDIAG website
We have done a lot of work to bring this site up to date and make it easier to find your way around. We are still working on it so please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions by e-mailing Samantha Williams, LDIAG Information Officer, at samantha.williams@learningdisabilitywales.org.uk.
The current Learning Disability Implementation Advisory Group (LDIAG) was set up in 2002 to oversee the Welsh Government's response to the report 'Fulfilling the Promises'. The group's role is to make sure that learning disabilities remain high on the agenda in Wales. It also advises the Welsh Government on learning disability issues and promotes the rights of people with learning disabilities.
Members of the group come from all sectors of the learning disabilities field including people with a learning disability, parents and carers, representatives from education, health, local authorities, research, the voluntary sector, service providers and individuals.
The group aims to build on the Welsh Government's vision for the future set out in the 2007 Statement on Policy and Practice for Adults with a Learning Disability. Click on the links to find out more about the history of the LDIAG, minutes of meetings or what the sub-groups are working on.
This website also contains lots of information about learning disability issues in Wales such as policies, reports, newsletters, events and useful contact details. Our aim is to keep you up to date on the latest developments in Wales for people with learning disabilities.