January 2013

While the Care Quality Commission may have abandoned its star ratings system for residential care services, one provider has created its own version in a bid to drive up standards. Michael Fullerton explains.
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The combination of cuts in benefits and services means that people with severe disabilities will lose an average of £8,832 per person per year – 19 times more than the burden placed on most other citizens – a report has claimed.
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Grace Eyre, a Sussex-based charity supporting people with learning disabilities and mental health support needs, has received a Big Lottery grant that will enable it to continue to develop its Travel Buddy scheme.
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Adults with disabilities in England are being deprived of basic care and support and are at risk of being forgotten in the wider reform of the social care system, according to a new report by a coalition of charities.
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Two young people with learning disabilities met with disability minister Esther McVey on Tuesday to emphasise the importance of support in training and the employment process.
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Statistics released last weekend showed that 86% of sports clubs had noticed no change in the number of membership enquiries they had received from people with disabilities since the Paralympics. This must act as a wake-up call for the…
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Some children who are diagnosed with autism in early childhood lose the symptoms and diagnosis as they grow older, a US study has claimed.
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A woman with severe learning disabilities should make her own choice about whether to continue with her pregnancy because she has the capacity to decide, a High Court judge has ruled.
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A new online information service that aims to improve access to eye care information for people with learning disabilities has been launched.
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The number of children with learning and physical disabilities taking up dance classes has increased by more than a third in the months following the Paralympics, new figures have revealed.
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