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What's your wish for the NHS? We asked the NHS Older People's Sounding Board what they thought and this is what they said.

Bury Council want to make sure that people with learning disabilities have access to opportunities that will help them grow and live their best lives with positive links to their community.

The Age Action Alliance has been relaunched with a brand-new website. It’s run by The English Ageing Network (EngAgeNet) in partnership with our Ageing and Older People team.

Talking about her #BeVisible film, her involvement with the Time to Talk Programme during the pandemic and what has changed for her since becoming an adult.

We have asked a few of our autistic associates and contacts to write ‘conversation starters’ explaining what matters to them and the issues that need to be addressed to help older autistic people live happier lives. In some cases, they offer possible solutions.

I was born autistic, but because I didn't know, I’d never understood what it was about me that always set me apart.

When I was a child and struggling to cope in the inhospitable world, I had a dream about what my house would look like, when I was old enough to make my own decisions.

Over the past couple of years, while living through a pandemic, many people around the UK have had to contend with a growing sense of loneliness.

When an ageing disabled parent has both themselves and their autistic offspring to worry about, fear increases as one ages

I was diagnosed as autistic (Asperger’s Syndrome) in October 2015, shortly before my 51st birthday. Up until this point I had absolutely no idea that I was autistic.