2012 Conference: call for papers

Our forthcoming conference on Health and Learning Disability: Past, present and future will be held at The Open University, Milton Keynes on 3rd and 4th July 2012

Please see our Call for Papers for more information
and the Guidance on Accessible Presentations

Deadline for abstracts is Monday 6th February 2012

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Information from our most recent conference can be found below.

For details of previous conferences and seminars, please click on any of the titles at the bottom of this page in order to view that event's programme, abstracts and audio recordings (where available).

Conference - 2011 - Friendships, Networks and Learning Disabilities: Friends' Stories and Stories about Friends

The Friendships, Networks and Learning Disabilities: Friends' Stories and Stories about Friends conference was held on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th July 2011 at The Open University, Milton Keynes.

Day 1 - Tuesday 12th July 2011

Title	Presenter(s)	Audio	Abstracts
Coffee and registration
Introduction
Working together, making friends	Zoe Hughes
Uniting friends with Woodbine	Deborah Williams
Tea and coffee
Twenty-one years of working together: a history of Central England People First and our friends	Central England People First
Having friends - they help you when you're stuck	Liz Tilly (Bristol University) and the Money, Friends and Making Ends Meet group
Lunch
Introduction
Friendships and adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities in England disability policy	Rachel Hughes
Making and keeping friends - has it got any easier in the last 20 years?	Catherine and Johanna de Haas
Tea and coffee
Friendships across a boundary	Mabel Cooper, Gloria Ferris and Jane Abraham
My views on and experiences of finding, keeping and losing friends	Josh McDonagh

Day 2 - Wednesday 13th July 2011

Title	Presenter(s)	Audio	Abstracts
Coffee and registration
Introduction
'Guy don't need no sense to be a nice fella'. The friendships of people with learning disabilities as depicted in the novel and short story from 1841 to the present day	Simon Jarrett
The revenge of 'Billy no-mates'	Daniel Docherty
Tea and coffee
Discovering our heritage and making friends	Changing Our Lives
Experiences of friendship of young people with learning disabilities at the transition to adulthood	Natalia Postek
Lunch
Introduction
Friends in my life	Catherine Evans
Friendship in the lives of eight adults with learning disabilities	Gillian Allan
Tea and coffee
'We told each other secrets when the lights went off'. Stories from Craig Phadraig Hospital and People First	Karrie Marshall
Final reflections and close of conference	Liz Tilley, Daniel Docherty and Ian Davies

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