News

So it is General Election time. NDTi is a non-party political organisation. We exist to promote a society where all people, regardless of age or disability, are valued and able to live the life they choose. We believe that all people should have choice and control over their own lives, that their human rights be respected and that they are valued as equals.

Calls to pay people with learning disabilities below the minimum wage fly in the face of the evidence – not to mention the law.

Guest Blog from Doreen Kelly, Director of Beyond Limits an organisation based in South West England that has piloted a tailored approach using Individual Health Budgets in the form of an Individual Service Fund that ensures a truly person centred approach to support.

As one of the newest members to NDTi’s Community Led Support programme, Derby City Council has achieved a lot in a relatively short space of time - Brian Frisby, Service Director at Derby City Council’s People Services Directorate, talks about how their ‘overnight success’ has actually been some years in the making.

A guest blog from family carer Jackie Martel who talks about why a new Children's Pathway is needed and how a set of three new resources will help Transforming Care partnerships, local authorities and CCGs to work together with local families to develop a new approach.

Alice recently emailed us about her son who has Asperger’s. At our request she has written a blog to highlight some of the challenges her son and her family have faced over the years.

A new report commissioned by the NHS East of England highlights 8 important lessons for those trying to implement co-production strategies within the health sector.

A very public ‘twitter-spat’ between two people whose opinions I greatly respect, has given renewed attention to the question of whether personal budgets (PBs) actually work.

Three important resources have been launched this week that aim to help authorities, education providers and career advisers provide a more inclusive approach to employment for young adults following evidence that school leavers with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are finding it difficult to achieve their work ambitions.

Independent living and housing options is one of the four PfA outcomes that support young people to move into adulthood with good lives; however it seems to be one of the more challenging ones to get right.