June 2011

Leading individuals and organisations in the learning disability field have called on Prime Minister David Cameron to instigate action in response to the abuse of people with learning disabilities in Winterbourne View.
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Mencap has today announced the launch of ‘Stand by me’ – a three-year campaign aimed at tackling disability hate crime – after claiming that the police’s current plans to tackle disability hate crime are failing, leaving vulnerable people…
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Learning disability organisations have reacted angrily to Conservative MP Philip Davies’ claim that people with learning disabilities should offer to work for less than minimum wage in order to compete with non-disabled people in the job…
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The number of women in prison could be substantially reduced if specialist facilities for women with learning disabilities and complex needs and those with personality disorders or a forensic history were provided, a leading psychiatrist…
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Hillingdon Council acted illegally by detaining a man with learning disabilities in a residential home against his and his family’s wishes, a High Court judge has ruled.
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The plan to close a centre called Dursley Training Unit for adults with learning disabilities in Gloucestershire is to be challenged in the High Court by one of its users.
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New guidance on how to help and support people with Asperger's syndrome and high-functioning autism in long-term employment has been co-published by charities.
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Punk band Heavy Load – which is made up of people with learning disabilities and their carers – have recorded their own version of the Ting Tings’ smash ‘That’s Not My Name’ for Hate Crime Week.
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The contribution of people with a learning disability to the Scottish economy and society has been ‘underestimated’, according to new research.
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This Friday (10th June) is the last day for entries into this year's Create! Art for Autism competition. The national competition is designed to showcase the creativity of young people with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The competition…
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