April 2011

Scientists at the University of Montreal have made a significant breakthrough in our understanding of autism.
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Patients with complex learning disabilities require a specialist commissioning body to ensure their needs are met, Dr Clare Royston has told the Health and Social Care Bill Committee.
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Changes to how people claim incapacity benefit have begun this week – with the 1.5 million people who claim the benefit due to receive letters asking them to be tested on their ability to work.
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The government has announced a raft of new tools to improve the health and wellbeing of adults with autism, to coincide with World Autism Day. ‘Fulfilling and rewarding lives: Evaluating Progress’ is a new online Department of Health (DH)…
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Scott Watkin, the former co-national director for learning disability in the government’s Valuing People Now Team, is joining Mencap. Watkin joins on secondment initially, before taking up a permanent role in June 2011 as the charity’s…
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