What can be done to improve life chances and health outcomes for people with Down’s Syndrome?
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Those living with Down Syndrome and other learning disabilities have long faced poorer life chances, health outcomes and a life expectancy around 20 years lower than the average. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
What can be done to improve the picture was a question that our reporter, Ruben Reuter, put to politicians in charge when he went along to a reception at Downing Street being held to mark World Downs Syndrome Day.
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Excellent interviewing skills - well done Ruben!
Well done Ruban you did an excellent job!
Fantastic interview, grilling the minister. We need to see more people with learning disabilities on tv and in piblic life. Reuben is a great journalist and hopefully he will open the door for others.
Ruben is brilliant. It is just a shame that he only gets "rolled out" when it is to do with disabily related news reports.
@@AnyKeyLady Do you think he would be good for reporting on the complexities of Ukraine or the middle east? He has his script and he asks his questions. Fair play. But does he have the depth of knowledge to report on something difficult? Whoever he interviews is briefed to be gentle and not wrap him up on long words or distracting narratives. Its nice to see people with Downs represented on TV but lets not push reality.
I'm favoured, $60k every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America..
Same here, with my current portfolio made from my investments with my personal financial advisor I totally agree with you
Wow! Kind of in shock you mentioned expert,elizabeth ann graney. What a coincidence!!
Elizabeth Ann has really set the standard for others to follow, we love her here in the UK as she has been really helpful and changed lots of life's
Life is easier when the cash keeps popping in, thanks to Elizabeth Ann graney services. Glad she's getting the recognition she deserves
I use to work 3 jobs, full time at Walmart, a server at night and Lyft on the weekend, untill Elizabeth Ann graney change my story.
I have fibromyalgia and functional neurological disorder. I cannot get a wheelchair on the NHS because it would be predominantly used outside my house because my house is too small to use the wheelchair inside and I don’t need to be in a wheelchair at all times. This means I can’t go out of my house independently and without being in absolute agonyand it impacts the whole of my independent life so how does the government expect me to go back to work?
This is impressive 🎉 best luck for these people and people who helping them!! ❤❤❤
Great interview! Very professional and very informative! These individuals are indeed a very valuable and under utilized resource.Thank you
Valuable in what way(s)?
Poor interview. Basic questions and no pushback.
@@DavidZ4-gg3dmIt's a bot
Thank You Reuben for another great video!
Is that a great interview? He asked questions, she provided party spin. Zero fact checking, zero push back. Very poor.
@@meme4one you really are a horrible person
@meme4one I thought it was relaxed and easy going to watch, I thought the mp looked suitably uncomfortable- and to be fair, this spin doesn't get aired very often- so it's better to hear the questions and answers than a big old ding dong. I felt that a firm boundary was set and a standard was firmly staked.
excellent interview blessings
Was it just me or was the health secretary a touch patronising?
She’s a TORY. Yes.
Not just you
Down Syndrome people can contribute to society. They are not useless. They need more help than others. So do the blind, the deaf, the crippled in a wheelchair. They are still citizens and some have skills that can be useful if they are helped to develop them.
Brilliant interview, tough questions politely delivered. We all need to hold the Tories to account on their awful agenda! Huge steps forward have been made in the uk over my lifetime, but more can be done. We need to look at the way the US treats people with Downs Syndrome, its streets ahead of where the uk is.
Labour took us to Iraq and Afghanistan.
@@meme4one What are you blathering about?
@@SkeletonDrums1 you said we need to hold tories to account for their agenda? With that in mind, we need to hold Labour to account and never give them the opportunity to commit us to multiple wars again.
@@meme4one well let's see how the Tories do in the next election. Hopefully the party will be gone for good!
@@SkeletonDrums1 it normally goes that way, we don't have any good options. 10-15 years of one then the other bunch take over. They are as bad as each other.
❤!
Great questions, less great answers. That dodging of the question about the demonisation of disability benefits claiments was so incredibly patronising and dismissive.
TORIES OUT
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yay Ruben, so good at this
How about providing support for children as standard, with or without a diagnosis.
Yes everyone needs help, however some need equality! 21/03 (a triplication of the 21st chromosome if you're interested) This is one day in the year to highlight Downs Syndrome!
Support for all children is standard but people with disabilities need more care.
Hello, I apologise, I meant "support for all children with learning disabilities, regardless of diagnostic status," i.e., for the children waiting 3 years for an assessment in mainstream school. Often, children with hidden disabilities (ie autism as mentioned) are mistreated in school settings for the results of their needs being misunderstood and unmet. Regularly punished, isolated, excluded, and branded poorly as very young children and young adults. Where as if they were able to access support services, if education settings and social care providers were better provided to support teachers and students, and the support was available to meet the needs, rather than only meet the diagnoses. The MP who is interviewed says that the referrals have increased, and so they are struggling to meet diagnostic needs - however, they are increasing funding to do that. My rather reactive comment wasn't really as much about celebrating downs syndrome - which I absolutely am very excited about and don't mean to over shadow that at all and I am pleased to see that they are leading the way by employing a downsyndrome first approach in parliament by employing people with downs syndrome to speak and identify solutions in practice. More of this please 🙏 and I agree that there needs to be an increase and drive for supporting people with downs to level up and creating equal chances and equal opportunities for study, travel, and arts and social engagement as well as independence and employment- supporting creativity and philosophy and multiple talents in the workplace and not just an opportunity for ticking boxes or having a volunteer. Sorry, I'm digressing, my reactive comment was because like he says, people are dying early and one of the reasons is through the stigma and trauma that can be caused from school age with punishments and misunderstood children not being given the educational support they need in school settings. Whilst they are waiting 3 years for a diagnosis, damage is being done that could be easily avoided by understanding and meeting the needs of children with learning disabilities. I agree that disabled people do need equality and extra support to achieve that, particularly people with downs syndrome, especially because their personable, physical, creative, philosophical, uniting, academic, sporting, artistic talents are often sidelined by being inaccessible to develop, except for the wealthy, they don't have as much encouragement for career progression, and are often in infantalised or niched in disability clubs and garden centres. Not knocking those niches at all, and volunteering and speaking to people on and as the level we are is one thing, but what I mean is that people with downsyndrome are professional talented people that can be direct and think outside the box and are very much required to make changes and development in business and industry and in social design, as well as crafts and everyday volunteering. I did write this earlier, probably in a much 😅 better way, but my battery ran out. I am so bothered about this topic, and I'm so glad that it's been brought up.
This kicks A**E. Well made
Ask the parents, they can better answer
Most never learn to read or write.
They are more of a drain on society than a net positive. Asking for a voice, more representation?
So?
You don't need to read or write if you're given token jobs or live on benefits.
@@meme4one as opposed to high flyer's such as yourself
@@meme4one what is wrong with you?
An MP with a learning disability? Seriously? Maybe have a pilot and a surgeon too.
Why not?
@@jlewis2890 are you serious? We are meant to have the brightest doing these jobs, not someone who struggles to read just to be inclusive.
@@jlewis2890 Would you like someone who can't ride a bike flying your plane?
Who says they can’t read do you know what a Down’s syndrome is
@@meme4one if they have reasonable adjustments and perhaps a personal assistant why not perhaps the parliamentary system is set up from ableist perspective
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Your editing skills are on point.