February 2012

Many learning disability residential care services fail to provide patient-centred care, according to care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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A £1 million brain-imaging study has been launched to investigate why people with Down's syndrome are at much great risk of developing Alzheimer's disease than the general population.
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Learning disability charities have called for a move away from institutional care and towards more personalised services after care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said that residential facilities often fail to provide…
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Mencap's David Congdon talks about the launch of the charity's campaign against disability hate crime, Stand By Me, at Learning Disability Today London 2012.
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Learning disability charity Mencap has launched a new advocacy service amid a significant increase in calls to its advice line from people looking for support services.
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Children born to parents over the age of 35 have a greater risk of being autistic, scientists have said.
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MPs have reversed several of the amendments the House of Lords made to the Welfare Reform Bill – including some that affect people with learning disabilities. Among those decisions reversed was the Lords’ amendment to increase the 1-year…
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Two interesting pieces of research on autism were released inthe past week, and hopefully they will help more people with autismto get the right support more quickly. Firstly, a new report,'Estimating the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum…
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Two disability organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote and develop the sport of equestrian for people with learning disabilities.
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A new report has found that adults with a more severe learning disability have a greater likelihood of having autism and this group was previously ‘invisible’ in estimates of autism.
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