On the eighth day of Christmas

My story for Day 8 is about someone getting the services they need.

Good news about access to adult social care

"My stepdaughter has severe learning difficulties. We just completed her transition from children's to adult services. It was a long and arduous process. Lots of meetings about meetings and procedural hoops to jump through along the way.

After many months, lots of form filling and day visits, we got there in the end. We ended up with Sense which is exactly the service we wanted and she needed. It is a joy to see how genuinely happy she is to be going every week day which wasn't always the case with school. Now she spends her days trampolining, painting, baking and even goes wheelchair ice skating."

You can read this story on Patient Opinion

What this story means to me

This story makes me smile and makes me feel very happy.

As a disabled person I have watched with alarm the negative effects of inequality on disabled people, but especially those with learning difficulties.

So, for me, this story lets us see the collective will of the young girl herself, her carers, social care professionals and the third sector in delivering a ‘Sense’ of independence which these activities obviously provide.

It shows other commissioners and providers just what can be achieved.

Andrew

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