June 2022

People with a learning disability or autistic people could only be detained for mental health treatment if a mental health condition is identified by clinicians, according to the new draft reforms.
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The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has launched a new acute care toolkit to help address the suboptimal care provision for people who have a learning disability.
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Learning Disability England and its representative body members have expressed concerns that the new Bill of Rights will remove some protection from people with a learning disability.
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Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have launched a consultation looking at how they work together to improve the experiences and outcomes of children and young people who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.
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Education providers should ensure that restraint is only used as a last resort, to prevent harm, with the minimum necessary force, and for the minimum necessary time, according to new draft guidance from the Scottish government.
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Meaningful moments of interaction between support staff and people with profound learning disabilities was explored in a recent study and found that they contributed to greater job satisfaction and motivation.
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Table tennis can have a life-changing impact across social care settings in promoting accessible activity, social connection and friendships, according to new research.
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National Autistic Society Scotland and Scottish Autism are collecting the views of autistic people, families and professionals on a new independently appointed Commissioner to promote and protect the rights of people with a learning…
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A pilot therapeutic dance project has been set up by charity Look Ahead to address the social isolation, exclusion and loss of confidence felt by many people with a learning disability and autism during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Whilst autism is a condition to be managed, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disorder to be resolved, resulting in a complex combination of shared symptoms that are treated in vastly different ways. Mette considers how treatment for…
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