March 2013

People with learning disabilities die 16 years sooner on average than the general population and more than a third of these deaths are down to people not getting the right healthcare, official research has concluded.
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A group of people with learning disabilities at a Doncaster day service wrote and recorded their own song for Red Nose Day recently.
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Investment to support people with a learning disability into paid employment is declining and many commissioners do not have access to the data they need on services they commission, according to new research.
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There is no national organisation for self-advocacy in England, but there should be, says Gary Bourlet
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That a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said that the quality of learning disability services varies widely across the country, and is not improving quickly enough, will not have been a surprise to anyone. Nor is the call for urgent…
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The quality of learning disability services varies widely across the country and is not improving quickly enough, a report, by regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC), has concluded.
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Learning disability services provider Voyage Care has acquired fellow provider Independent Living Group (ILG).
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Adults with learning disabilities should be listened to more and given better education and support to deal with abuse, research has found.
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Ten vulnerable and disabled children – including 4 with learning disabilities – have launched a High Court action against the Government’s so-called ‘bedroom tax’, claiming that it will have devastating consequences for them.
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By the time most people hit pension age, they think about slowing down and taking it easy. But Chris Lowndes is not most people. Far from easing into his autumn years, the 65-year-old with autism and diabetes has just started having driving…
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