February 2015

Manchester Airport has invested £235,000 to open new Changing Places facilities in each of its three terminals.
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Animated children’s films Shaun the Sheep, Home and Paddington are among March’s Autism Friendly Films line-up, service provider Dimensions has announced.
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The government’s performance has been severely criticised in a survey of people with learning disabilities, with the majority saying that many areas of their lives have become ‘much worse’ in the past 5 years.
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A man with learning disabilities has called on the Football Association (FA) and Premier League club West Ham United to act over an alleged incident where fans chanted terms that are offensive to people with learning disabilities.
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The first large-scale study into young women with autism – a condition usually viewed as a male syndrome – is being conducted, and is being led by a student with Asperger’s syndrome.
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Employers can check the criminal record of someone applying for a role in the care sector. This is known as getting a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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The year’s first edition of Easy News has been published featuring exclusive interviews with the Minister of State for Disabled People Mark Harper MP, Shadow Disabilities Minister Kate Green MP and Liberal Democrat Rt. Hon. Paul Burstow MP.
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In this guest blog, Kristina, a young woman with Asperger’s Syndrome, writes about her accomplishment and growing independence alongside her work with Swanton Care.
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Beijing Olympic open water silver medallist Keri-Anne Payne and para-swimming European silver medallist Scott Quin are predicting another great summer of sporting action in Scotland ahead of the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow…
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A groundbreaking headset designed to improve speech and auditory processing, has received the best ICT Special Educational Needs Solution at the world’s leading showcase of education technology solutions, the BETT Show.
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