March 2017 The British Institute of Human Rights launches a national resource about learning disability and autism, in time for World Autism Awareness Week (27 March – 2 April 2017) In response to a recognised need from people, the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) are launching Learning Disability, Autism and Human Rights, a new national accessible resource to empower people about their human rights when accessing health and care services. Having developed the resource with input from people in and around Liverpool, together with their carers, advocates and service providers, BIHR is returning to the city to launch this important new tool on 22 March 2017. Funded by a grant from the Department of Health, this resource makes an important contribution to the Transforming Care programme which aims to respond to failures in care and improve services for people living with learning disabilities and / or autism. Whilst learning disabilities and autism are not the same…

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