January 2012

Disability charity United Response has launched a report highlighting the role played by social care
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Three Changing Places toilets in England, Wales and Scotland have scooped prestigious gongs at the Loo of the Year Awards.
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Learning disability charities have welcomed the House of Lords’ rejection of Government to reform employment
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New report has reveals just how unpopular proposed DLA changes are - it seems almost nobody wants them.
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Learning disability charity Mencap is expecting a surge in calls and enquiries from people looking for support services in 2012.
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Care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published 10 more reports from its inspection of 150 learning disability hospitals and care homes and found no major concerns at any of the facilities.
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A game for the iPad has been launched aimed at improving the social skills of children with autism as young as 18 months.
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The strength of opposition to the government's plans to reform disability living allowance (DLA) has been revealed in a new report written and funded by people with disabilities.  
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People with learning disabilities still suffer discrimination from the NHS, and this has contributed to the deaths of at least 74 patients in recent years, an investigation has claimed.
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It might be a new year, but the same problems remain forpeople with learning disabilities, their families and those whocare for them. And they won't be going away any time soon. When Iwas thinking about this first blog of 2012, I decided to…
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