NHS Education for Scotland- Once for Scotland Learning Disabilities
Welcome to the NES Once for Scotland: Learning Disabilities Page.
Please refer to the page sub-headings to direct you to your topic of interest. Selecting each heading will direct you to relevant resources and information to help enhance your knowledge and skills for supporting adults with learning disabilities, their families, and carers.
If you have any comments or wish to see information on a particular topic, please contact the NES Learning Disability team at: LearningDisability@nes.scot.nhs.uk;
Access to some of these resources requires a TURAS account. Turas is open to everyone with an e-mail address. You can create an account by visiting the Turas main page here and clicking "Register" at the top of the page. This will give you access to NES free resources.
You can download the NES Learning Disabilities Team Newsletters below-
Equal Health Equal Lives- A podcast from the Learning Disabilities Team at NHS Education for Scotland
Asserting your right to equal health; Justifying your quality of life to others who make decisions on your behalf; Having to make disproportionate efforts to gain the understanding and compassion of others about your need for reasonable adjustments about your health and life? For people with learning, or intellectual disabilities, challenging barriers and confounding expectations make up a considerable part of their daily lives. Join us as we explore many of the issues and experiences of people who have learning disabilities and consider some of the innovations and interventions that are helping to develop the landscape of Equal Health, Equal Lives. Click the link to join us: https://nesequalhealthequallives.podbean.com/