April 2026

The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has launched a new inquiry into disabled people's access to flexible working, examining associated schemes, such as Access to Work.
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The RIX Big Ideas course brings together social work students and people with lived experience of learning disabilities to learn side by side about ideas that shape how disability is understood.
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The Government should apply an emergency handbrake to slow the rise in welfare cash-benefit claimants, focusing on conditions such as anxiety, depression and ADHD, according to a new report.
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New research from Ambitious About Autism reveals that one third of parents and carers report that their experience of the autism assessment and diagnosis process has been negative.
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There has been a 3.5% drop in Local Authority fee rate uplifts across all learning disability and autism services, according to the Association for Real Change (ARC England).
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The Mental Health Act 2025 updates the laws governing the detention and compulsory treatment of individuals with mental health issues who are deemed a danger to themselves or others. In this interview, Alexis Quinn shares her personal…
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This edition of LDT In Focus aims to highlight and discuss these issues
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Disabled campaigners are calling on the Government to do more to co-produce mental health reforms as part of the new Mental Health Act implementation plan.
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Speech and Language UK says that over 1.3 million children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder are missing from the Government's Schools White Paper.
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NHS England has published minimum standards for keyworking services for autistic children and young people and children and young people with a learning disability.
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