Transcript
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WOMAN 1
Relationships make you feel happy. A relationship can be a friend, or a family member, or a boyfriend, or a girlfriend.
WOMAN 2
Or a husband and wife, or whatever makes you happy.
WOMAN 1
I never thought I'd get married, but now I've been married 20 years and I'm very happy.
WOMAN 2
Relationships make you feel happy.
WOMAN 1
Positive.
WOMAN 2
And part of something.
WOMAN 1
It's nice to have someone there to support me or support them.
WOMAN 2
And it's nice to have somebody that shares the same interest as you and to go out for walks and do nice things. It's nice to have a bit of company and somebody to the look after you.
WOMAN 1
It's nice to have someone there to cook your meals.
WOMAN 2
If you're lucky.
WOMAN 1
Being on your own can make you really sad.
WOMAN 2
Nobody to share your life with.
WOMAN 1
Don't belong.
WOMAN 2
Lonely.
WOMAN 1
Only three percent of people with a learning disability live with a partner or in a relationship.
WOMAN 2
People with learning disabilities are just like everybody else.
WOMAN 1
And they should have a right to have a relationship like anyone else.
WOMAN 2
We have been looking at relationships for people with learning disabilities.
WOMAN 1
Yes!
WOMAN 1
We have worked with the NDTi to look at relationships. We work with a national development team for inclusion.
WOMAN 2
The NDTi.
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WOMAN 1
We spoke to over 60 people from Oxfordshire that have a learning disability.
WOMAN 1
They have spoken to people who have disabilities, families, carers, and support staff.
WOMAN 2
And we have spoken to commissioners and care providers.
WOMAN 1
To have a romantic relationship.
WOMAN 2
We have found out that some people have had a relationship and we were happy about that.
WOMAN 1
I tell people there's a lot of people still out there that don't have a relationship.
WOMAN 2
We have found lots of barriers.
WOMAN 1
And lots of things that stop people from having a relationship.
WOMAN 1
We are writing up our research.
WOMAN 2
And we will share it with you when we've finished.
WOMAN 2
All you need is love. [VOCALISING]
ALL
All you need is love.
WOMAN
Love.