November 2020

Learning Disability England published a report about the postcode lottery of services available to people with learning disabilities. And called on local authorities to give its members agency and options in the place that they live. 
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Rachel Trafford, a correspondent for the Immigration Advice Service, writes that Covid-19 has only increased levels of inequality for people wit ha learning disability and autism, and argues that it is now essential that advocates speak up.
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Charities have criticised the Government's lockdown strategy and policy. And have urged the Government to allocate additional funding to assist people with learning difficulties and autism through the Covid-winter. 
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For the majority of people lockdown caused a significant decline in their mental health; however many autistic people reported an improvement in their mental health during lockdown.
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