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Changing Our Lives
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Changing Our Lives supports people with learning disabilities of all ages to speak up for their rights and take control of their lives. We work with anyone with a disability. Although most of our work is based in Sandwell, our Quality of Life work and our Training Team operate right across the West Midlands. Our Values People with disabilities are citizens in their own right and have the same legal and civil rights as other members of society. All people with disabilities can communicate and have a right to be heard. Some people use words, others use signs, some use pictures and objects and some people move parts of their body or use other ways to communicate. All of these ways of communicating should be valued. People with disabilities should be supported to lead 'ordinary lives.' This means people should not be left in segregated services but be supported to 'ordinary' lead lives in the community. People with disabilities should be supported to be as independent as they are able. Being independent doesn't mean doing everything for yourself. It means having people support you with things you find difficult. All people with difficulties are able to learn. We need to learn how to encourage and support people's learning.