March 2015

The Conservative Party risks having an empty chair at a forthcoming event for voters with learning disabilities, where all the other main parties have committed to having a representative present.
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Children’s blockbusters Cinderella, The SpongeBob Movie: A Sponge out of Water and Big Hero 6 will be April’s Autism Friendly Films, service provider Dimensions has announced.
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Special Olympics Great Britain, a charity that helps people with learning disabilities to take part in sports coaching and competition, has received a £2 million funding boost from the government.
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A group of children with autism learned valuable communication skills when they recorded a podcast with media students in state-of-the-art broadcast facilities at Birmingham City University recently.
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The government has published updated statutory guidance for local authorities and the NHS on what they have to do to meet the needs of adults with autism in their area.
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The institutional model of care for people with learning disabilities is “completely inappropriate” and a redesign of the system is needed to ensure they can live in the community, a Commons committee has concluded.
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Five parents whose children with a learning disability are, or have been, stuck in assessment and treatment units (ATUs), delivered their collective petitions to Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and lead of the…
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To celebrate World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, there will be more than 900 autism friendly film screenings around the country, giving people with autism the chance to go to the cinema in conditions more suited to their needs.
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A full independent review should be established in the new parliament to investigate whether benefit sanctions are being applied appropriately, fairly and proportionately across the Jobcentre Plus network, according to the Work and Pensions…
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An eight year-old girl from Cambridgeshire who has been growing her hair for three years is having it cut off to raise hundreds of pounds on World Down’s Syndrome Day.
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