June 2024

A group of self advocates from Mencap have helped co-produce this week's edition of the Big Issue to mark Learning Disability Week
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My Life My Choice (MLMC) set up the Travel Buddy Scheme in 2010 to help people with a learning disability experience the choice, freedom and personal autonomy that travel independence brings.
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The three main political parties have launched their election manifestos setting out what they would like to implement if elected to govern. What do they mean for people with a learning disability.
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The next government will face continued pressure from the rising costs of high-needs SEND support say the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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Ahead of the Learning Disability Today and Kingston University conference on 12th September, our chair Learning Disability Nurse and Training Consultant Jim Blair explains why he is so passionate about the health and wellbeing of people…
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Researchers at the Institute of Public Care at Oxford Brookes University are calling for on local authorities, legal services and courts to implement good practice guidance on working with parents with a learning disability during care…
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Experts say detecting health conditions in autistic people with a learning disability should become a ‘clinical priority’ to reduce health inequalities.
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A group of disability charities have issued an urgent call to people with a learning disability to vote in the forthcoming general election.
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A new report reveals there is a significant ‘activity gap’ between disabled people and their non-disabled peers, despite disabled people expressing a strong desire to be more active.
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The number of learning disability nurses has dropped to ‘alarmingly’ low levels, according to the Royal College of Nursing following the publication of new UCAS data.
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