April 2021

Undiagnosed Children’s Day is a nationwide event to raise awareness of children with no diagnosis and the charity SWAN UK that supports them.
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This article explores the situation for prisoners, and ex-prisoners, with a learning disability or autism. It also looks at why so many go back to prison again.
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This year’s Oscar nominees featured two films and a documentary which shine a light on disability in various forms.
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New research has found that loneliness, sleep difficulties, the regular use of mood stabilisers, and aggressive challenging behaviour may play a role in anxiety and depression among older adults with learning disabilities.
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Steve Scown, Chief Executive of Dimensions, discusses whether it right that the government legislates to force people working in social care to receive the Covid-19 vaccine?
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New research published in SAGE has found that individuals with disabilities are at significantly higher risk of sexual victimisation than people without disabilities.
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Mencap and Leonard Cheshire have been given over £5m from the Covid-19 Support Fund, established by the insurance and long-term savings industry last year to help those with the greatest needs.
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Paris Hilton has shown her support for Harry’s Law, after personally battling with trauma caused by seclusion and restraint during her teenage years.
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The Oxfordshire Family Support Network (Oxfsn) is a not-for-profit organisation run by and for family carers of people with learning disabilities. Gail Hanrahan set up Oxfsn in 2007 with the aim of providing parents with the tools and…
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In March, the supreme court ruled that care workers on sleep-in shifts do not have to be paid at minimum wage rates for the hours they are asleep. Instead, the court said employees are only entitled to national minimum wage when they are…
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