My Charter

People with learning disabilities want the same things as everyone does.

Here’s our Charter – written by people with learning disabilities in West Wales.

Will you sign up to say:

• You agree?
• You’ll try to make it happen, in your work, your family and your community?

Download the Charter post here.

 

MY LIFE, MY RIGHTS

We want:

• More chances in life.
• More choice.
• To be listened to.
• To be treated as adults.
• To be given dignity and respect.
• You to keep our information private

MY COMMUNITY. MY RELATIONSHIPS.

We want:

• To be able to travel independently.
• Help to understand money so we have more control.
• To train other people in what our lives are like – we’re the experts.
• To get involved with our community.
• To have paid jobs.
• We want the right to enjoy friendships, relationships and sex, just like everyone.
• We want the right to have a family.

MY SOCIAL LIFE

We want:

• To go places everyone goes and to be welcome.
• To do stuff evenings and weekends.
• The right to enjoy friendships, relationships and sex as we choose.
• People to welcome us and understand what we need when we are out.
• To have more info about what’s going on.

MY SUPPORT

We want:

• Help to follow our dreams.
• To train staff who work with us.
• To get to know people who support us.
• To trust people to do what they say.
• Access to advocacy.

MY HEALTH

We want:

• The healthcare we need from GPs and hospitals.
• A health check every year.
• Staff to have training by us.
• Appointments that are easy to get, and on time.
• Control over our health – they are our bodies!

MY INDEPENDENCE

We want:

• You to give us space – not too much at once.
• To feel safe – help us find out about bullying and hate crime, and what to do about it.
• Time to think for ourselves.
• Support to live on our own if we want.
• More support when we are parents.
• To stand up for our rights!

MY COMMUNICATION

We want:

• You to make things easy to read.
• Letters and leaflets we can understand – keep it simple!
• You to find out what works for us – we are all different.
• To speak for ourselves
• Time to think and answer –don’t rush!