June 2021

Neurorehabilitation experts from The Children’s Trust have launched an innovative programme to increase awareness and understanding of the acquired brain injury.
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The Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) report, Connecting for Change, highlights the chronic shortage of learning disability nurses and how this shortage is a contributing factor to the unnecessary, premature deaths of people with learning…
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Autistic people may camouflage their innate autistic social behaviours to adapt to, cope within and/or influence the predominately neurotypical social landscape, according to a new study.
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Research by the BBC, which surveyed more than 3,300 people, has found that thousands of deaf and disabled people’s lives were devastated by the pandemic.
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The BBC has appointed its first Disability Ambassador to join its Creative Diversity team in one of three new disability-focused roles, designed to further strengthen the BBC’s commitment to disability representation, both on and off-air.
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Many organisations are recognising that employing people with neurological conditions such as autism disorder and dyslexia gives them access to a neurodiverse pool of talent that bring different perspectives and innovation to the workplace.
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The Royal College of Nursing is demanding that the government urgently addresses the chronic shortage of learning disability nursing staff as it is putting lives at risk.
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Simon Quarless, a 60-year old man with a learning disability, has found his dream job and is enjoying paid employment for the first time as part of the new Inclusive Employment Service in Essex.
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This Learning Disability Week, Ciara Lawrence - who works at Mencap and has a learning disability - writes about launching her own podcast and her passion for people with a learning disability having a voice, after feeling socially isolated…
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Adult social services are facing a deluge of requests for care and support from disabled people of working age as society opens up after Covid-19, according to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services. 
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