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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

Local councils need extra £4 billion to fund services for disabled people

Alison Bloomer Feb 7, 2024

Local councils will be unable to keep up with demand for services for disabled children and adults unless the Government fixes the £4 billion hole in council funding arrangements.
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Family

Children with a disability are ‘invisible’ in early years policy, new report finds

Alison Bloomer Feb 7, 2024

Children with a disability or one or more long-term conditions are an 'invisible group' when policy is developed for early years, according to a damning new report.
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Education

Short breaks programme for children with SEND to be expanded

Alison Bloomer Jan 23, 2024

The short breaks innovation programme, which provides a range of activities for children with SEND is to be extended to a further seven local authorities.
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Education

Down’s syndrome to be included in the school census

Alison Bloomer Jan 23, 2024

Down's syndrome will now be included in the school census as a separate category in an effort to understand how and where children with Down’s syndrome are being educated.
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Good practice and guidance

Jon Sparkes OBE named as new CEO of Mencap

Alison Bloomer Jan 17, 2024

Royal Mencap Society has announced the appointment of Jon Sparkes OBE as its new Chief Executive, to take effect in June this year.
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Lived experience

Government responds to Hesley Group safeguarding report

Alison Bloomer Dec 19, 2023

The government publishes response to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel report on reforming disabled children's residential settings.
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Education

Nearly 98% of SEND tribunals won on appeal

Alison Bloomer Dec 19, 2023

Over 98% of parents who legally appeal a local authority decision about lack of proper support for their children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) go on to win the appeal at a hearing.
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Equality

Charities urge Netflix to remove use of ‘R’ word from Ricky Gervais show

Alison Bloomer Dec 19, 2023

Scope and Mencap have joined forces to call on streaming giant Netflix to remove the use of the 'R' word in a new stand-up show by Ricky Gervais.
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News

MPs call for 10-year plan to improve lives of disabled people

Alison Bloomer Dec 6, 2023

A cross-party committee of MPs has urged the government to produce a targeted 10-year plan to improve the lives of disabled people.
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Health

Further prescribing restrictions for epilepsy drug valproate

Alison Bloomer Dec 5, 2023

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has introduced new measures to reduce the known harms of valproate, a drug used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder.
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