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Alison Bloomer is Editor of Learning Disability Today. She has over 25 years of experience writing for medical journals and trade publications. Subjects include healthcare, pharmaceuticals, disability, insurance, stock market and emerging technologies. She is also a mother to a gorgeous 13-year-old boy who has a learning disability.

Education

Children with SEN five times more likely to be permanently excluded from school

Alison Bloomer Sep 10, 2024

New report finds children with SEN are five times more likely to be permanently excluded from school than their peers without SEN.
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Health

Huge postcode lottery for adult ADHD medication

Alison Bloomer Sep 9, 2024

A new national survey conducted by the University of Exeter found there was a huge variation in treatment and shared-care prescribing of ADHD medication for young adults.
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Autism

Quarter of disabled children fall out of benefits system in adulthood

Alison Bloomer Aug 21, 2024

A new report from the Resolution Foundation found that disabled children fall out of the disability benefits system as they approach adulthood.
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Health

Avoidable cancer deaths are higher for people with a learning disability

Alison Bloomer Aug 15, 2024

People with learning disabilities are missing out on lifesaving cancer treatment due to their cancer being found too late leading to avoidable cancer deaths.
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Carers

RCPCH refuse to withdraw ‘discriminatory’ guidance on fabricated or induced illness

Alison Bloomer Aug 12, 2024

Campaigners are disappointed that the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health refuse to withdraw its guidance on fabricated or induced illness by carers.
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Common conditions

Dementia and learning disability: common conditions made complex

Alison Bloomer Jul 31, 2024

Dementia is a common health condition in people with a learning disability that can be made more complex due to diagnostic overshadowing, comorbidities, and other factors.
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Good practice and guidance

New report finds Care Quality Commission is ‘not fit for purpose’

Alison Bloomer Jul 26, 2024

The Care Quality Commission has been criticised in a new independent report that found failings in the institution that is supposed to identify and act on failings.
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Autism

SEND system is ‘broken’, new LGA report confirms

Alison Bloomer Jul 25, 2024

A new independent report shows a broken SEND system that is not improving educational outcomes despite massive costs.
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Autism

National Autistic Society says media reports on an autism cure study are ‘deeply…

Alison Bloomer Jul 22, 2024

The National Autistic Society has hit out at a 'deeply insulting' new study that was published in the national media this week claiming that autism can be ‘reversed’.
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Health

Updated DNACPR guide for people with a learning disability

Alison Bloomer Jul 22, 2024

An updated information pack is now available on DNACPR decisions to help empower and inform people with a learning disability.
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