Key Points – Easy Read

 

1. Universal Desire for a Full Life
Everyone, including people with disabilities, wants the same chance to live a meaningful and fulfilling life.

2. Evidence of Improving Health Outcomes
The author highlights their own experience at age 55 and notes that more people with learning disabilities are now living longer, healthier, and more active lives than in the past.

3. Importance of Support
Good support—such as access to annual health checks, healthcare, and everyday assistance—is vital for people with learning disabilities to stay healthy and reach their goals.

4. A Call for Inclusion
This is a clear call to action: society must provide the right resources, understanding, and opportunities so people with learning disabilities can live long, full, and valued lives.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Everyone wants a good life

• People with and without disabilities all want the chance to live happy, full lives.

🎂 People are living longer

• More people with learning disabilities are living longer today.

• The author is 55 years old and shows this is possible.

🩺 Support is very important

• People with learning disabilities need good support.

• This includes things like yearly health checks and help when needed.

🌍 Include everyone

• Society must give people with learning disabilities the right support.

• This helps them live long, full, and valued lives.