March 2012

The National Autistic Society (NAS) has called for autism training to be provided as standard in police training, in the wake of a High Court ruling that the Metropolitan Police breached a young person with severe autism’s human rights…
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Professor Jim Mansell, who spent more than 40 years helping to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities, has died after a long illness.
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The Welfare Reform Bill has received royal assent and will become law, meaning that in 2013 most means-tested benefits will be merged into one universal credit, and disability living allowance will be replaced by the personal independence…
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The Government has announced that disability employment services will be re-focused on disabled people themselves, rather than institutions, with the aim of enabling them to access mainstream jobs the same as everyone else.
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Kyle Coleman, who is mute and has autism, has recorded an album of his favourite songs in a pitch-perfect voice. Coleman, from Gwithian, Cornwall, was diagnosed with autism when he was 3 and has only ever been able to say a few words.…
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A small-scale review of healthcare services in care homes by regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that some residents struggle to access services.
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Two organisations have joined forces to provide Jewish people with physical and learning disabilities the chance to visit Israel.
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Today, a group of 46 charities and service providers have written an open letter to Government calling for additional funding for social care to be included in the forthcoming White Paper. They’re right – but will the government listen?The…
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A group of 46 charities and service providers have written an open letter to health secretary Andrew Lansley calling on the Government to provide additional funding for social care - and warned that any reform of the system will fail…
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Reforms to benefits and services risk leaving disabled people without the support they need to live independently, according to a report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
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