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We know that people with higher support needs as well as their families have been some of the people most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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There has been some research done to hear about what life has been like for people with learning disabilities since the virus.
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For example 12 universities across the UK have worked together on a joint study speaking to people with learning disabilities about their life stories over the past year.
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But we wanted to hear more from people who have higher support needs and their families.
We know some families have felt they have struggled to get their experiences heard.
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Tania Woodhouse, a self-advocate, spoke to Sarah Walker from PMLD Link, whose brother has a label of profound and multiple learning disabilities to see how she, her brother and the rest of her family have been managing since the pandemic started.
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Tania also asks her about how things have changed for them since Freedom Day.
And what the government might do to help her and her family.