April 2016

Learning disability charity Mencap has called for an independent review of benefit assessments after a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary showed a disability benefits assessor mocking disabled people.
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Care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is carrying out a review of how NHS trusts identify, report, investigate and learn from deaths of people using their services – with a particular focus on people with a learning disability or…
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Disability charity United Response has urged all people with learning disabilities to make sure they are registered to vote ahead of the upcoming local and mayoral elections and the EU Referendum.
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People with Fragile X syndrome spend less time looking at the eye region of the face compared to peers with autism, but they can tell the difference between different emotional expressions, a study using eye-tracking technology has found.
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Gatwick Airport and the National Autistic Society (NAS) joined forces to mark the start of World Autism Awareness Week (2-8 April) by hosting an Autistic Awareness Day for children on the autism spectrum and their families.
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The number of negative incidents reported by shoppers with autism at the intu Trafford Centre has reduced by 75% in the past year thanks to an initiative to train staff in autism awareness.
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United Response has merged with fellow disability charity Robert Owen Communities (ROC).
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Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust must make significant improvements to protect patients in its mental health and learning disability services from the risk of harm, health regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned.
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Autism campaigners in Merseyside have launched a project to make Liverpool one of the UK’s first autism-friendly cities, and several high-profile organisations have already signed up to it.
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In this guest blog, Rashmi Becker, PhD researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, sets out to understand the role of the support worker in improving quality of life for adults with learning disabilities.
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