October 2021

As well as recognising and treating health issues, a person with Down’s syndrome will face many life changes as they get older, including retirement, loss of parents or other carers and moving from home.
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Care home operators, including those for children and adults with learning disabilities, are under “huge pressure” to meet the November deadline for workers and volunteers to be double jabbed with the Covid-19 vaccination.
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Social care staff shortages will leave many people with a learning disability and/or autism at risk of worsening physical and mental health, according to the CQC.
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Delta 7, the East Sussex band who all identify as being disabled, having autism or Down's syndrome, have released their third album in memory of band co-ordinator Tom Salway who died by suicide in 2016.
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Health leaders are calling on the government to enact ‘Plan B plus’ to avoid ‘stumbling into winter crisis’ where pressures on the NHS are deemed to be at risk of becoming unsustainable.
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For people living with a rare disease, getting the right diagnosis is key to appropriate management of their condition. The ‘diagnostic odyssey’ often involves multiple referrals, inconclusive tests, and sometimes incorrect diagnoses before…
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Out Spoken, a project run by CHANGE, is offering free self-advocacy workshops for LGBTQI+ adults who are autistic and/or have a learning disability.
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The Disabled Children's Partnership (DCP) is calling on the public to email ministers asking the government to include disabled children in the upcoming spending review.
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Rebecca Crossley, a James Paget nurse, has won a prestigious award for her idea of a sensory-friendly Covid-19 vaccination clinic for people with learning disabilities and autism or severe and enduring mental health conditions.
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Ambitious about Autism are expanding their strategic goals to broaden the support on offer for autistic children and young people.
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