September 2014

People with learning disabilities say they want more support to meet new people and play an active role in the community.
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Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg hosted a special reception yesterday at Downing Street to celebrate Special Olympics Great Britain and their athletes before they headed to Belgium to represent the country…
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The Department of Health has asked the Law Commission to extend its review of mental capacity and detention to consider the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) in their entirety.
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The vast majority of voters want to see the next government tackle the discrimination that people with learning disabilities face, according to a poll.
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Patients with learning disabilities are now more empowered to feedback their experiences of NHS care and treatment through a new digital app launched at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH).
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The number of children and young people in schools with special education needs (SEN) has fallen to 1.49 million in 2014 – or 17.9% – from 1.55 million in 2013, official statistics have found.
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Health and social care should be redesigned to focus on individual needs regardless of diagnosis, with a graduated increase in support as needs rise, an independent commission has concluded.
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The majority of people are not confident that they will receive sufficient care and believe the government should increase the funding given to social care, a survey has found.
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Children’s films The Boxtrolls, Planes 2 and Pudsey the Dog: The Movie will be September’s Autism Friendly Films, service provider Dimensions has announced.
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This week 4 young people with learning disabilities will begin new jobs as apprentices at the Oxford café of local charity Yellow Submarine.
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