Learning disabilities and dementia

I have been designing and researching dementia-enabling spaces for almost a decade, and so, it was especially inspiring to see the launch of the World Alzheimer Report. The report focused on salutogenic designs for people living with dementia and is a comprehensive two-volume report…
“It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer’s you are an old fart. That’s how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.” Terry Prachett This sentence…
When we focus on the capacities of people with dementia instead of their limitations, their dementia disappears behind their talents. That is the starting point of the Flemish awareness raising campaign ‘Vergeet dementie, onthou mens’ (‘Forget dementia, remember the person’). The story of…