July 2014

Three members of staff have been suspended from learning disability charity MacIntyre’s school at Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, pending a police investigation, after another member of staff raised concerns.
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More than a quarter (27%) of young people with autism are not currently in education, employment or training (NEET), compared with 14% of the general population, a survey has found.
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In this guest blog, written for the #JusticeforLB and #107days campaign, Marianne Selby-Boothroyd writes about her son with Down’s syndrome, and his siblings’ perception of him and what they think his future will be.
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The vast majority of people who have been through the work capability assessment (WCA) for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) say the process damaged their health, according to new research.
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A charity’s scheme that sees service users help to train the staff who provide their care and support has now seen 9 'internal trainers' qualify.
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A learning disability residential service in Bicester, which was found to not be meeting essential standards by care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in January, is still failing in some areas a follow-up inspection has found.
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Last week, a group of charities voiced their concerns at proposed reforms to the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) that the government is trying to push through. Given the levels of criticism the government has had on this, surely it needs…
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Adults with Asperger’s syndrome are significantly more likely to experience suicidal thoughts than people from the general population, according to a clinical study.
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People with learning disabilities still often have difficulties accessing primary healthcare services, but, as two examples from Yorkshire show, there are ways to overcome this. Editor Dan Parton reports.
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