Learning Disability England Conference 2021

On 9th March the PAC took part in the Learning Disability England conference.  It was the first virtual conference they have had and was attended by hundreds of people via Zoom.

We did a short video with poems, pictures and a song.   We worked with The Aldingbourne Trust and the Include choir who used Makaton for the song ‘Help from my Friends’.

I enjoyed it. It was fun to do.  I really thought it was brilliant to find out how people struggled with lockdown.  The conference and our video showed our journey together and it showed how we are all in the same boat.

I really liked taking  part and it was good to express myself  and my feelings .  It was also  extremely helpful to me to hear other people’s feelings  about the lockdown. 

I found it  emotional  with other people   saying the same thing , and how we need to  look after ourselves  with the difficult times.  The pandemic has been like a rollercoaster going under the tunnel but now we hope to have light at the end of it.

We hope you like the video.

Lizzie Wheeler, Chair of The Pro-Active Community and Surrey Peoples' Group which represents people with learning disabilities, autism and brain injury across Surrey