September 2013

Danshell Adult Healthcare, part of the Danshell Group, has acquired 20 adult health and social care services from Castlebeck following the transfer of registrations with the national care regulators.
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A crowd of more than 500 people including former Paralympic medal winners watched people with learning disabilities compete in a range of sports at the CMG Athletics Championships on August 27.
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While last year’s Paralympics had a lasting positive effect on the public’s views of people with learning disabilities, there is still much work to be done to break down the stigma and discrimination they still face – and TV soap operas…
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The chief executive of an NHS Foundation Trust recently took part in a ‘life swap’ for a day where he shadowed a service user with Down’s syndrome to find out what his life is really like.
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Two rock bands composed of people with learning disabilities are to tour the UK this October.
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A recent survey found that many family carers of people with learning disabilities feel at breaking point, and a lack of respite care is often central to this. Editor Dan Parton reports.
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