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Avoidable deaths in adults with learning disabilities | Our research | Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory

"...Young adults (25-34 yrs) with learning disabilities are 9 times more likely to die of treatable causes of death..."

Difficult to read. Shocking stats here in Scotland.

sldo.ac.uk/our-research/determ

Scottish Learning Disabilities ObservatoryAvoidable deaths in adults with learning disabilities | Our research
#LearningDisability#Disability#Scotland
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nemo™ 🇺🇦

💡 Exploring the Intraparietal Sulcus (IPS) and its connection to dyscalculia reveals its crucial role in numerical processing. Dyscalculia, a learning disability, is linked to impaired function in the IPS, affecting the Approximate Number System (ANS). Understanding Weber's Law helps explain how numerical distinctions are made. Enhancing awareness can improve educational strategies for those affected. #Dyscalculia #NumericalProcessing #WeberLaw #IntraparietalSulcus #LearningDisability 💡

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Mx Verda

@teamseaslug instagram.com/reel/C_0ssPfsG0w too

zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto/1131

And #disability #disabilityPrideMonth #accessibility #EaseOfAccess #sensoryImpairment #learningDifficulty (which is not the same as) #LearningDisability except some people also use #SpLD and #neurodivergence in a group could be one #neurodivergent person etc.

You can follow these hashtags or similar ones and try asking there too. Best to get varied perspectives since no one individual experiences everything

InstagramEliza Rain 🏳️‍🌈 on Instagram: "What wheelchair outfit issues do you have? And brands please photograph models sitting down so we can see these issues before we buy! Xx Wheelchair: @tgamobility #Access: Video description: Video begins with Eliza a White fem wheelchair user with blonde hair wearing blue jeans and a rainbow jump vest with the text ‘this trend but with my outfit issues as a wheelchair user…’ we then see Eliza in a blue dress with beads on it which is too low and making them uncomfortable with the text ‘flashing everyone when sat down’ we then see Eliza with a long red dress with the dress over their wheels with the text ‘long skirts getting trapped in the wheels’ we then see Eliza in a black short dress with the text ‘short skirts rising up even more’ #Disabled #Wheelchair #Fashion #Comedy"3,948 likes, 72 comments - disabled_eliza on September 12, 2024: "What wheelchair outfit issues do you have? And brands please photograph models sitting down so we can see these issues before we buy! Xx Wheelchair: @tgamobility #Access: Video description: Video begins with Eliza a White fem wheelchair user with blonde hair wearing blue jeans and a rainbow jump vest with the text ‘this trend but with my outfit issues as a wheelchair user…’ we then see Eliza in a blue dress with beads on it which is too low and making them uncomfortable with the text ‘flashing everyone when sat down’ we then see Eliza with a long red dress with the dress over their wheels with the text ‘long skirts getting trapped in the wheels’ we then see Eliza in a black short dress with the text ‘short skirts rising up even more’ #Disabled #Wheelchair #Fashion #Comedy".
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Pope Aby

When I drop my housemate at uni (she works there), we'll often pop past McDonald's so she can get an iced coffee. I'll use the app to order for her, especially if I have points to get it for free.

The app gives an order number made up of 2 letters and two digits for you to tell the drive through person... which means looking at the code on my phone and remembering it to tell the person, harder than it sounds for someone who has adhd, dyslexia and dyscalculia.

So, I make up images...
LR36 - 36 lesbian rogues
TH95 - 95 tiny hitlers
MB42 - 42 monkey butts

...I'm dreading the day I forget to translate it back to the code and just yell FIFTY FOUR OTTER DICKS at some poor customer service person trying to do their job.

#audhd#autism#adhd
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Florian Berger (privat)

A question to the #Accessibility and #SemanticWeb crowd.

I am starting to look at #SchemaOrg Accessibility Properties for Discoverability Vocabulary, and to my utter surprise, it's all vision, hearing, tactile; but there seems nothing in it for any sort of #LearningDisability . It's like those disabilities don't even exist for the working group, or were not worth tagging.

Is there a rationale for that? Am I missing out on something?

Yes I am aware it's not a #W3C standard, but still.

w3.org/community/reports/a11y-

Boosts welcome.

www.w3.orgSchema.org Accessibility Properties for Discoverability VocabularyThis document defines the recommended vocabularies for use with the Schema.org accessibility properties for discoverability of creative works.
#web_accessibility#a11y#a11yIsABadTag
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Aaron

Calling someone an idiot or claiming there is a widespread learning disability that makes most people idiots is pretty ableist. If they're wrong, or they're jerks, that's probably the thing you should focus your commentary on.

Idiot is a slur that implies some degree of learning, intellectual, or developmental disability, and is often used to other non-disabled people by painting them as having such a disability. This cements the mental habit of treating such a disability as a form of inferiority, and of dismissing the views of those who are perceived as having such a disability. You are tearing down a whole group of marginalized people who are innocent bystanders when you use a word for them as an insult for others.

It's the slightly less offensive sibling of the r word. Please don't use it. Focus on behaviors, not abilities.

#ableism
#disability
#slurs
#insults
#IntellectualDisability
#LearningDisability
#DevelopmentalDisability

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Saba Salman

I've been a bit quiet here (there and everywhere) but this is something I've just written on the role of unpaid carers.

A failed care system, relentless cuts, austerity and the notoriously perilous 'transition' process (when you shift from child to adult social services) is a shameful mix.

It leaves families like Elliott's in a precarious position.

#socialcare #respitecare #familycarer #carers #disability #learningdisability #pmld

twitter.com/BylineTimes/status

X (formerly Twitter)Byline Times on X🔴 ‘Left in the Lurch’: The Systemic Failure and Under-Funding of Respite Care Government austerity and savage cuts to council funding have decimated respite and short break services, reports @Saba_Salman https://t.co/a1ZiVzzoSg
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The Count Me In Collective

Boosts appreciated.
We're launching our crowdfunder and new beer we made with our trainees on October 14th. If you live in Reading UK or nearby please come along to The Castle Tap.
The new beer is called 'Stand up and be Counted'. It's a black IPA made in collaboration with the masters of this style, the excellent Elusive Brewing.
If you're able to support us in our mission to help young adults with learning disabilities and/or autism then see link in our bio.
#LearningDisability #beer #autism

Pale blue poster, getting darker towards the bottom with small red circles. Headline at top says 'The count me in collective presents.....' The there is a drawing of three happy looking people holding a large roll of paper. On it it says 'Crowdfunder and new beer launch' At the bottom it says 'At the Castle Tap 14th October 7-10 pm
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Anna Nicholson

This brilliant video by Mica, @PonderfulYT, is as clear an explanation as you’ll find of the neurodiversity movement, neurodivergence and neurotypicality, and their relation to disability: youtube.com/watch?v=3iicSLx19p

And it’s not just good because Boba tries to steal the show! 😻

#NeurodiversityMovement #neurodiversity #neurodiverse
#neurodivergence #neurodivergent
#neurotypicality #neurotypical
#disability #disabled

Still from early in the video, where Mica’s black-and-white cat Boba is reclining in the background, apparently meowing. There is overlaid text: ‘mreow?’ Meanwhile Mica, a young white woman with dark hair, is in close-up at the side of the frame, looking into the camera. A microphone is just in shot in front of her.
#ADHD#anxiety#aphantasia
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Olly Benson

"The average age of death for people with a #learningDisability who are from an #ethnicMinority is 34 years, just over half the life expectancy of white counterparts, at 62 years of age. Of those with a learning disability who die in hospital, 51% from ethnic minority groups have a ‘Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation’ (DNACPR) recommendation, compared to 73% for those who are white."

#nhs #healthinequalities

nhsrho.org/news/new-review-ide

NHS - Race and Health ObservatoryNew review identifies poorer care and lower life expectancy for ethnic minorities with a learning disability - NHS - Race and Health Observatory
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