August 2011

Events this summer have posed some fundamental questions about learning disability services but, as yet, there have been few concrete answers.
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Education and training provision for young people post-16 with learning disabilities is variable and does not always help them to gain employment or live independently, a report by Ofsted has claimed.
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The last long-stay NHS campus in Sandwell, West Midlands, is to close later this year, with work having begun on a new supported housing development in West Bromwich for people with learning disabilities.
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The risk that a child with an older sibling with autism will also develop the condition is higher than previously thought, a US study has found.
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Care industry regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has launched a new scheme, Acting Together, which enables service users to advise on and contribute to its work.
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There's been plenty of bad news out there in the learning disability sector, but Dan Parton says it's important to remember the range of positive projects constantly underway.
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Learning disability charity Norwood has launched Norwood Future Clean, the first commercial car wash in London to be manned by people with learning disabilities.
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