February 2017

A learning disability support provider has introduced a new travel training programme that includes the use of smartphones to help build the confidence and independence of the people it supports.
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In this guest blog, Mark Goodman, chief executive officer of MyLife, a support service enabling people with complex needs to live independently in the community, looks back at how its services in Hartlepool and Surrey reached full…
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A group of people with learning disabilities in Stratford-upon-Avon are to start running and presenting their own weekly radio show from next week.
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Scottish First Division side Airdrieonians has become the first club in the country to have a sensory room at home games, allowing children with conditions such as autism to attend matches in comfort.
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The number of pupils in primary, secondary and special schools identified as having an autism spectrum condition increased by 55% between 2012 and 2016, new figures have revealed.
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Dating website OK Cupid has removed a question that is discriminatory to people with learning disabilities following protests from people with learning disabilities and charities.
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A charity that provides a range of equine-based therapy services to people with mental ill health or autism is facing closure unless it can find new premises before the end of June.
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Social care charity Community Integrated Care and St Helen’s Rugby League Club have formed a partnership to offer adults with learning disabilities the opportunity to take part in health and wellbeing activities, as well as special match…
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A charity that supports more than 100 people with learning disabilities in Surrey has voiced its concerns over the ongoing developments between Surrey County Council and the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) over…
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One in 3 parents of a child with a learning disability is in a relationship that would be described in a counselling room as ‘distressed’ – and are more likely to feel lonely and have money worries, and have less time for date nights, a…
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