March 2024

The UK government failed to provide any ‘new evidence’ that it is improving disabled people’s lives at a United Nations hearing this week, according to Disability Rights UK.
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Access All Areas, a production group involving autistic people and people with learning disabilities, has co-produced training videos for The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training.
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This World Down Syndrome Day (21st March), campaign groups from around the world are calling on the general public to ‘end the stereotypes’ about people with Down’s syndrome.
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The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has called for urgent improvements to the process and communication surrounding do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR).
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Disability charities are urging the government to increase funding for the adult social care sector and provide a pay rise for care workers to boost recruitment and retention efforts.
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A health thinktank has published a damning report highlighting how people with a learning disability are missing out on potentially life-saving preventive healthcare because of disjointed services and poor communication.
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The Let Us Learn Too campaign group has released a new video featuring children with SEND urging the government to imagine what children could achieve if they all had access to an education.
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This week, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his Spring Budget 2024. The Budget aims to grow the economy in the long term, but disability campaigners say it “ignores the needs of millions of people.”
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A coalition of charitable foundations have launched a new programme designed to tackle challenges around mental health and absenteeism among autistic pupils.
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