June 2011

People with learning disabilities are being denied the opportunity to express their opinions on changes to benefit entitlement, social care expert Paul Moore has claimed.
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The 13 th Special Olympics World Summer Games have begun - with an opening ceremony headlined by Stevie Wonder and actress Vanessa Williams.
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Winterbourne View, the residential hospital in Bristol for vulnerable people which was at the centre of a recent Panorama programme that uncovered alleged abuse, has closed. A statement by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has confirmed…
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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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People with learning disabilities are 10 times more likely to suffer with sight problems compared to the rest of the population, new research by SeeAbility and RNIB has revealed.
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Dimensions, a specialist provider of support for people with learning disabilities and autism has launched its annual Erica Awards and is inviting nominations for it.
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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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