October 2013

In this guest blog, Hannah Postgate gives an insight into her life as a mum of a daughter with complex learning disabilities and autism.
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Learning disability charity Mencap has welcomed an independent report that has called for major changes in the way that the NHS handles complaints.
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A new initiative will see 1,000 people with learning disabilities across the country attend workshops aimed at getting them involved in politics and Parliament.
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Artlink Edinburgh has joined forces with the author and artist behind 2000AD, among others, to create a new Halloween-themed comic book featuring a hero with autism.
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Learning disability charity Brandon Trust has called for the government and local communities to do more to tackle the issues of disability hate and mate crime as a survey has revealed widespread ignorance of both among the general public.
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Police have arrested 7 care workers from the Veilstone Care Home in Bideford in Devon over alleged abuse of people with learning disabilities.
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Learning disability services provider Care Management Group has completed a refinancing deal which secures its future.
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People with learning disabilities in the justice system are not getting equal access to the law or support to successfully complete prison or community sentences because information is not made accessible for them, an event has heard.
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A learning disability care provider has hosted a special event in Croydon to celebrate Black History Month.
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The number of newly diagnosed cases of autism has levelled off in the UK in the past decade after a five-fold surge during the 1990s, researchers have found.
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