Solihull Action Through Advocacy
Steering Group meeting
9th March 2015
• Solihull Action Through
Advocacy- (Changing Lives
Board) Solihull Civic Suite
• SATA- 706 4696 157 Warwick
Rd Solihull B92 7AR
• The changing Lives Board are a
long established group of
adults with learning disabilities
who have been meeting
together on a monthly basis to
support good practice and
campaign for rights, fairness
and intergration.
What happened?
• We had discussions
• We gave information
• We gathered people’s opinions
Discussions
• “I definitely wouldn’t want to do a bungee or
parachute!”
• “I make choices like I play a game of draughts,
thinking about what will happen when I make
my next move”.
• “I know I have a learning disability but that
shouldn’t stop me being able to make my own
choices and decisions.
• I care for my mom too, so this law is very
important
INFORMATION
we are all different and we will all
make lots of choices in
lots of different ways.
We all need time and information
Opinions