April 2013

Uncertainty over the future of state help for people with disabilities is prompting an increasing number of parents of disabled children to seek legal advice over their wills and estate planning, according to a specialist solicitor.
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Parents of children with learning disabilities need more support to help them plan for future, including arranging care for their child when they are no longer there, the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities (FPLD) has said.
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A show garden developed by a team with learning disabilities, which won a gold medal at last year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, has been recreated and launched by TV gardener, Chris Beardshaw.
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Easy News, the UK’s first newspaper designed for people with learning disabilities, has been launched in Scotland.
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In this guest blog, Elizabeth Archer from Mencap explains how young people with learning disabilities can get more involved in their local communities through delivering volunteering projects.
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Understanding the genetic and cognitive processes behind learning disabilities can help teachers optimise learning for pupils, according to new research.
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Care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has outlined its priorities for the next 3 years, which include strengthening its focus on mental health, mental capacity and learning disabilities.
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A group of actors with learning disabilities are to stage a play that highlights hate crime and prejudice against people with learning disabilities in Parliament later this month.
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A residential social care service for adults aged 18 and over has been opened in Stockport as part of a pathway into independent living by health care services provider Cygnet Health Care.
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Five new state-of-the-art self-contained flats, designed to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges, are to open in Kent on April 17.
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