August 2011

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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A card to make it easier for people with learning disabilities to report hate crime has been launched in Warwickshire.
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More than 3,000 people nationwide took the opportunity to view special autism-friendly screenings of new film Mr Popper's Penguins, as part of the Autism Friendly Films project.
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A group of adults with learning disabilities are heading to Norway as the only UK group to take part in 'Peer for Alle' - an outdoor performance of Peer Gynt.
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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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Care home provider Castlebeck has announced it is to close the Rose Villa learning disability residential care home in Bristol.
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There's been plenty of bad news out there in the learning disability sector, and with stories in recent months such as the Winterbourne View scandal, cutbacks to social care services and all the rest, but Dan Parton says it's important to…
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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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Young people with a learning disability will feature in a national TV, radio and print advertising campaign which aims to raise £300,000 for learning disability charity Mencap. Procter and Gamble products available at Co-operative Food and…
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The owner of a care home for people with learning disabilities and older people in Kent has withdrawn his appeal over the decision by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to cancel the home's registration, after whistleblowers revealed…
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