November 2013

Disability consultancy Paradigm has launched Reach: Support for living an ordinary life, which aims to ensure that people stay committed to supporting people with learning disabilities in a way that enables them to live a life of their…
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A damning report by care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that an assessment and treatment centre in Headington, Oxfordshire, met none of the minimum standards for care.
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A damning inspection report by the Care Quality Commission has found an assessment and treatment service that met none of its core standards. So post-Winterbourne View, has anything really changed for people with learning disabilities?
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Learning disability charity Mencap has launched a campaign to highlight the issue of the strain many family carers feel under due to the lack of short breaks.
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The proposed People First England, an umbrella organisation for learning disability self-advocacy organisations, has received its first funding pledge.
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A group of people with learning disabilities debated issues including hate crime and the ‘bedroom tax’ at a recent ‘Ask the Question’ session held in Westminster.
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Pupils at Manchester Progressive School got into the Children in Need spirit last Friday by holding a special cake sale with all profits contributing to the grand total of £31 million raised on the night.
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Learning disability charity Mencap has welcomed the government’s response to the Francis Report, and the emphasis on transparency, but wants to see strong evidence that patients with a learning disability and their families’ complaints are…
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A group of people representing the Changing Places campaign took part in ‘The Big Squat – a movement for the toilet-less’ yesterday to raise awareness of the need for more accessible toilets.
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A woman with learning disabilities is working with speech therapists in Dorset to provide training to people who support adults with learning disabilities.
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