This report is the second in the Supporting Success series. Its predecessor – Supporting Success: improving the journey for deafblind/multi-sensory-impaired children and young people – was based upon research carried out in 2011 and 2012 with children, young people, parents, practitioners and local authorities.

This report is a record of discussions at the SEND Policy Roundtable Event on 14 June, 2012 – where the first report was launched in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal and Sarah Teather MP, Minister of State for Children and Families.

This event provided an opportunity for parents, professionals, local authority representatives, civil servants and colleagues from the voluntary sector to discuss the challenges – and possible solutions – to providing better support for deafblind/MSI children and young people.

This factsheet outlines the conditions associated with CHARGE.  It is important to emphasise that not all these features are seen in every person with the condition, nor are these problems always severe.

This report presents the results and discussion from two phases of a project based on the needs of older people who have combined hearing and sight loss and who live in residential homes, and the training needs of the care staff who work with them

This factsheet describes sight and hearing tests, highlights some of the problems a deafblind or sensory impaired person might have in getting tested and provides advice on how these difficulties can be overcome.

Sense's response to the draft strategy, April 2011

A report by Scope, Mencap, National Autistic Society, Sense, Leonard Cheshire Disability

Care and support is vital for people of all ages. But the debate on social care funding has been almost exclusively about how the system should respond to the demands of an ageing population.

Important as this debate is, one in three people who use social care services are disabled people of working age whose needs are not always the same as those of older people.

As decisions about social care begin to be taken, with the passage of the Care and Support Bill through Parliament, it is essential that we understand what is distinctive about the needs of working age disabled people.

For the first time, this report provides evidence about the size and level of impact of the social care crisis on working age disabled people.

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Sense's response to government consultations on the reform of DLA and the PIP draft criteria,
February 2011

A report from the Hardest Hit coalition bringing together over 90 disabled people's organisations and charities that are members of the UK Disabled People's Council and the Disability Benefits Consortium.