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A list of useful resources for people with learning disabilities and/or autism

Find useful organisations, dating agencies, training providers and LGBTQ+ social groups, for support and information on love, sex and relationships.

Supported Loving information for staff, supporters and family members.

People with learning disabilities can often be socially isolated and sometimes struggle to make friends.

The Guardian publishes article about Supported Loving, and the 'human right' to have loving relationships.

Sarah Maguire, our CEO, reflects on the past decade and looks forward to the next one. She says "Who would have thought a businessman, best known for hotels, would become the leader of America? 

Relationships are risky things — heartache is part and parcel of having them. Claire Bates (Supported Loving), joins Sui Ling (BBC Radio 4) on her journey exploring what happens when people who need support want relationships.

I've been busy since we were awarded a NHS Transforming Care grant of £1.8 million to build homes in Kirklees for people who have complex support needs and may challenge their environment.

For a long time, I thought that by offering people and families a ‘menu’ of services to choose from, I was empowering people to make decisions.

Choice Support's Claire Bates, founder of Supported Loving, was invited by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to send feedback into their newly published report called Promoting sexual safety through empowerment.