May 2017

Six years on from the Winterbourne View scandal, the number of people with learning disabilities living in NHS assessment and treatment units – including many on the autistic spectrum – remains much the same. Choice Support's Steve Rose…
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The government minister for disabled people will be among a panel of politicians facing questions from over 100 disabled people.
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The head of the Royal College of Nurses insists no-one will be “put in danger” after the union voted to allow nurses to continue their work following a diagnosis.
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America’s National Centre for Learning Disabilities Support (NCLD) released new data this week they says demonstrates children with learning and attention issues are “as smart as their peers, but too often misunderstood as lazy or…
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The 'Zika emergency is over', it has just been announced. But what future can children born with severe learning disabilities and uncontrolled seizures look forward to? Our new editor explores how they should be supported in the UK, Brazil…
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Mencap’s new guides will support one million potential voters.
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Epileptics with learning disabilities would receive a greater proportion of their epilepsy care from psychiatrists – as opposed to neurologists – under new plans from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Recent history has taught us that the ideas, visions and actions of campaigners drives social change quicker than politics, argues Steven Rose, Chief Executive, Choice Support.
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People with learning disabilities on long housing waiting lists stand to benefit from a change in approach.
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Abortion law campaigner Lord Shinkwin is the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) new disability commissioner.
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