Learning Disability Today

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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

Pupils with SEND more likely to be suspended from school

Alison Bloomer Mar 19, 2024

Children with special education needs or disabilities (SEND) are three times as likely to be suspended multiple times from school, according to a report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI).
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Good practice and guidance

Access all Areas co-produce Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training videos

Alison Bloomer Mar 19, 2024

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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Debate

Why is there a lack of preventive healthcare for people with a learning disability?

Alison Bloomer Mar 13, 2024

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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Education

Let Us Learn Too campaign launches new SEND appeal video

Alison Bloomer Mar 7, 2024

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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Carers

Mencap report shows reality of working in a social care system in crisis

Alison Bloomer Feb 29, 2024

A third of learning disability support workers have left the sector for good due to poor pay and of those remaining many face financial hardship, according to a new report from Mencap.
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Employment

Autism employment gap is focus of new government review

Alison Bloomer Feb 28, 2024

The Buckland Review aims to identify and break down the barriers to autistic people securing sustained and fulfilling employment.
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Education

When local councils go bust: who really pays the price?

Alison Bloomer Feb 21, 2024

Birmingham City Council has announced a proposed £300 million saving plan to regain financial stability, but cuts from local councils are likely to impact disabled and older residents the most.
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Lived experience

Music legends rally to save rock band Ultimate Thunder

Alison Bloomer Feb 13, 2024

The music industry has rallied around a rock band predominately made up of musicians with a learning disability after the group were stripped of vital charity funding.
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Lived experience

Representation matters: two new fantastic ambassadors announced

Alison Bloomer Feb 7, 2024

Two leading learning disability and autism charities have welcomed new ambassadors to their organisations to help increase public understanding and grown representation in the media.
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Health

Patient Safety Commissioner calls for redress for valproate victims

Alison Bloomer Feb 7, 2024

The Patient Safety Commissioner (PSC) has published a report calling for redress for those harmed by the epilepsy medicine valproate.
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