CVCDP - Cardiff and Vale Coalition of Disabled People

Welcome to CVCDP

We believe that as disabled people we are experts when it comes to our lives. We know what we need, and what support will best meet those needs. as an organisation we welcome support from non-disabled people who agree with our aims, but as allies to our cause rather than as leaders of it.

This is why power and control in CVCDP lies only with disabled people. We need a strong voice with which to put forward our ideas about society in which we wish to live a society which includes rather than excludes us.

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Latest news headlines...

Epilepsy plan for Wales forges ahead

The Welsh Assembly Government’s Health Minister has unveiled the Epilepsy Plan for Wales, following consultation with a multi professional and multi agency expert group. The plan aims to ensure that action is taken to develop services more effectively across Wales for people living with the condition.

Minding the gap: the provision of psychological support and care

Around 85% of adults with diabetes in the UK lack access to specialist psychological support and care, according to this report. It found that only 25% of diabetes services can name and supply contact details for people who provide specialist psychological care. In almost half of those services there is only local generic mental health provision, which is provided by professionals with no specific knowledge or experience in the area of diabetes.

Basic guidelines for people who commission Easy Read information

The purpose of this document is to provide a set of basic guidelines for people commissioning information in Easy Read aimed at people with learning disabilities.

Strategy for people with learning disability

This report sets out the Government's strategy for people with learning disabilities for the next three years following consultation. It also responds to the main recommendations in 'Healthcare for All', the independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities.

Individual budgets benefit carers

Individual Budgets can greatly improve carers' quality of life when compared with those caring for people using conventional social services, new independent research has shown. They can allow carers more control and flexibility in their daily routines, and some carers said Individual Budgets also improved quality of life for the person they were looking after.

Asda rolls out new OAP-friendly range of wheelchairs and walking sticks

ASDA is to start selling walking sticks and wheelchairs to cater for Britain's ageing population. It believes that offering mobility aids will help 'eradicate the stigma' around disability. The new range will include a collapsible wheelchair and fold-up walking stick as well as devices to help remove lids from jars and turn taps.

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