May 2012

One in 4 adults with a learning disability now spends less than an hour outside of their home per day due to cuts to day services and increases in charges, a report has found.
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Dan Parton writes (23rd May 2012) : More grim - but unsurprising - news this week for people with learning disabilities, their families and their carers: 1 in 4 people with learning disabilities now spend less than 1 hour outside of their…
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The Learning Disability Coalition has launched a report that outlines 15 ways that life can be improved for people with learning disabilities in the next decade.
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More than a third of adults with autism have experienced discrimination or bullying in the workplace, a survey has revealed.
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Despite increased awareness of the condition, getting a formal autism diagnosis remains a challenge for many families, a survey has revealed.
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This week, Iain Duncan Smith has again been talking about thereplacement of disability living allowance (DLA) with the personal independence payment (PIP). The key to this reform will be the wayits eligibility criteria are used and it is…
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The Government will produce an interim report on the former Winterbourne View residential hospital and other services for people with learning disabilities in the summer, care services minister Paul Burstow has revealed.
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The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities (FPLD) has published an updated framework to help identify and address the needs of people with learning disabilities from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities.
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Parents will be given more powers to control the support that children with special educational needs (SEN) receive, the Government has said. The proposals put forward would see parents given their own "personal budgets" - currently the…
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Learning disability charity Mencap has given a lukewarm reaction to the Queen’s Speech to Parliament, and questioned the Government’s commitment to addressing the funding crisis in adult social care.
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