Learning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Bill - Lived Experience Advisory Panel: recruitment information

What is the composition of the panel likely to be?

The panel will consist of at least 12 and up to 20 members, and will include a mix of people with ADHD, dyslexia, and other neurodivergent people.

Our intention is to facilitate the panel in order to support commonly-agreed approaches and solutions. Previous initiatives that featured advisory groups, such as the Rome Review, have demonstrated how bringing people together in this way can achieve positive outcomes. There may be times when we adopt a flexible approach to involvement, speaking with panel members on a meeting-by-meeting basis to put in place practical solutions to ensure that they can participate fully, and in ways that best suit them. This might, for example, involve breaking out into smaller groups during the body of a given meeting in order to discuss challenges and proposals, before coming back together at the conclusion of a session to present ideas and agree on the best way forward.