June 2019

Reasonable adjustments are adaptations and accommodations that should, in theory, minimise disadvantages faced by disabled people in education, employment, and housing, as well as services such as shops, hospitals, and banks.
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Mencap Ambassador Emily Nicol, who has a learning disability, interviews Justin Tomlinson, Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work about sport inclusion.
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With the government's Disability Confident scheme running for over two years, there is an increasing awareness of the disability employment gap. But when will legislation address it?
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Inclusion' is the theme of this year's learning disability awareness week. This article review how people with a learning disability feel victimised at work.
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Secure institutions should automatically be barred from receiving a positive rating by the Care Quality Commission regulator if there is anyone within their facility who has been living there for more than a year, charities said today. 
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Women with learning disabilities and autism are almost four times less likely to go for cervical cancer screening tests. Here, Darren Devine looks at the efforts being made to reverse one of the most stark health inequalities affecting…
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