October 2016

The proportion of autistic people who are in full-time paid employment has stagnated for the past decade at just under 16%, and a charity has called for the government to intervene to tackle this.
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The Department of Health is likely to cut funding for the National Forum of People with Learning Disabilities and the National Valuing Families Forum from March 2017, leading to worries that the voice of people with learning disabilities…
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An early intervention that aims to help parents communicate better with their autistic child has been shown to reduce the severity of symptoms – and this continued for 6 years after the end of treatment, a study has found.
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Reduced funding for the new Work and Health Programme could mean that each year 45,000 people with disabilities will be able to access specialist employment provision, according to a new report.
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People with learning disabilities, mental health issues or acquired brain injuries are being given the opportunity to get more involved with services, with the aim of making them person-led.
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A new online tool is giving the public the opportunity to ask some of the taboo questions about learning disability that usually they’d be too afraid to ask.
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There is still often confusion and ignorance concerning people with learning disabilities, according to a new survey, released to coincide with the launch of a new campaign to increase awareness.
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A disability charity has relaunched a creative campaign to raise awareness of the importance of adult social care and of funding it properly.
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Eight out of 10 autistic children find going to school so stressful that they experience anxiety. Of those, 58% find this anxiety so debilitating that they miss days at school, according to a new survey.
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A temporary senior commissioner who defrauded NHS Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) of nearly £145,000 has been jailed for two years and three months.
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