October 2014

Since 2009, the Care Quality Commission has had a duty to monitor the use of the safeguards in all care homes and hospitals in England, and also to provide advice and information on using them.The Commission checks on the use of the…
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The results of a survey carried out by Mencap.
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Labour has called on Conservative welfare minister Lord Freud to resign after allegedly saying that some people with disabilities were not worth paying the minimum wage to.
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This is a toolkit created for Disabled Peoples User Led Organisations (DPULOs), other small organisations and charities. It aims to provide guidance to help organisations find and use data with confidence to support their work by, for…
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A chemical derived from broccoli sprouts could help ease behavioural symptoms of children and young adults on the autism spectrum, a small US-based clinical trial has found.
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A new campaign has launched in Scotland that aims to help people understand the needs of individuals who use augmentative and alternative communications (AAC) in place of speech.
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Liaison and diversion and forensic learning disability services can make a big difference to whether a person offends again – but services are patchy across the country and improvement is needed. Editor Dan Parton reports: When Home…
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Too many autistic people in black, Asian and minority ethnic communities are missing out on vital support, says Simon Shaw from the National Autistic Society.
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From service user to citizen – where to next for people with learning disabilities? Alex McClimens and Darren Lee investigate:To begin, here’s a quick quiz. What links the following cities: Havana, 1959; Paris, 1789; Saigon, 1975; Prague,…
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A Department for Education letter issued to all local authorities.
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