February 2013

Britain's most successful female Paralympian has helped to officially open a specialist college in Manchester, which provides services and support for students with learning disabilities, complex needs and autism.
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A college has launched an accessible version of video website YouTube that allows people with learning disabilities to use the technology independently.
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Children with disabilities – especially autism – are routinely illegally excluded from school and this can have a devastating impact on their education and mental health, according to new research.
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Golden Lane Housing (GLH), the housing arm of Mencap, has launched a £10 million charity bond that will raise money to buy homes for people with a learning disability.
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The Court of Appeal has upheld a damages award made to a young person with autism who was restrained by police after jumping into a swimming pool fully-clothed.
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Short breaks are a vital service for families caring for people with a learning disability, but too many are still not accessing this, and it is pushing some to breaking point, says Mencap’s Dan Scorer.
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Eight out of 10 family carers of a person with learning disabilities are exhausted and at breaking point because they do not get the short breaks they need, a report has found.
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Six young people with learning disabilities have landed the opportunity to undertake 6 months paid work experience at a London council.
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The work capability assessment for assessing employment and support allowance claimants’ fitness for work has been heavily criticised by the Commons Public Accounts Committee for getting too many decisions wrong and not taking into account…
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The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has launched an investigation into a complaint that Sussex Police restrained an 11-year-old girl with Smith-Magenis Syndrome on several occasions.
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