April 2013

A helpline to provide emotional support to victims of the Winterbourne View abuse scandal is to be launched later this week after charity Respond received funding from the Department of Health for it.
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Offenders with learning disabilities need more support to help them to move on with their lives when they are released from prison, an expert has claimed.
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Learning disability charity Mencap has launched a charter targeted at new clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) that aims to eliminate the health inequalities that people with learning disabilities can experience in the NHS.
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Disability charity Scope has warned that there are fundamental flaws in the process of change from disability living allowance (DLA) to personal independence payment (PIP), which it says could see up to 600,000 people with disabilities lose…
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Vue Cinemas will join the Autism Friendly Films initiative in June, the chain and service provider Dimensions have announced.
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The Department of Health (DH) is seeking the views and stories of healthcare from people with learning disabilities and family carers.
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In this guest blog, Lesa Walton writes about how openness about autism is the key to tackling the stigma around the condition and improving care and treatment.
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A project offering support and information to families of children with undiagnosed genetic conditions, has launched the UK's first National Undiagnosed Children’s Awareness Day to raise awareness of rare conditions which affect those in…
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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) may be effective in improving anger control in people with learning disabilities, according to a new study.
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The inability to recognise and interpret emotional states in other people – often called emotional blindness – which is commonly identified as a symptom of autism, is actually caused by a co-occurring condition called alexithymia, according…
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