September 2012

Seb White, a 4-year-old boy with Down’s syndrome, is to model in Marks and Spencer’s in-store Christmas catalogue, after his mother contacted the retailer personally.
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A survey by the National Autistic Society (NAS) has found 59% of adults over the age of 45 with autism don't receive enough support to meet their needs while 71% say their needs have never even been assessed since they reached adulthood.
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The Autism Trust will open the charity’s first retail, training and administrative facility in Sunninghill, Ascot early October.
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The Priory Group has acquired specialist learning disability care provider High Quality Lifestyles (HQL).
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The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities (FPLD) has launched a new service, Connecting People, which aims to bring together services in the sector in order to improve quality of life for people with learning disabilities and…
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The successes of the four English disability cricket squads were celebrated at a Parliamentary reception recently.
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Teenager Jessica-Jane Applegate took the 200m swimming gold medal for Great Britain in the women’s S14 freestyle final in a Paralympic record time last night.
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After three albums and innumerable gigs in the UK and around the world, punk band Heavy Load has decided to call it a day after 10 years at the top.
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Learning disability charity Mencap has welcomed the Government’s publication of draft provisions to improve the support for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN).
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Bowel Cancer UK has launched a new resource to help people with learning disabilities and their carers in Scotland make informed choices about bowel health and their Scottish bowel screening programme invitation.
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