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The Department of Health has announced increased funding for care homes that help support people with a learning disability with nursing needs.
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One in four girls will wait over two years to get an autism diagnosis and for 14% of girls it will take over four years, according to new research from Ambitious about Autism.
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Health Education England has commissioned two autism training programmes for psychiatrists, which they hope will help prevent unnecessary admissions to mental health hospitals.
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National Autistic Society calls on country to get involved in World Autism Acceptance Week
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Autistic women and women with a learning disability often have lower employment rates and work fewer hours per week in transition-to-work programmes, according to a new report. 
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The government has published a new action plan for England that aims to help those living with rare diseases receive better care and treatment.
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In this new series, we will be looking at some of the more common health conditions in people with a learning disability and why they can be more complex due to diagnostic overshadowing, comorbidities, and other factors.
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Children from special schools across Warwickshire recently took part in the county table cricket finals, an event specially designed to make cricket accessible to children with disabilities.
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With demand for health and care growing as resources become increasingly scant, there has never been a better time for greater collaboration between health, social care and other services to improve efficiency and provide a more joined up…
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A new vision to fix the 'broken' social care system has been proposed by the Archbishops’ Commission that calls for a system that enables people with a learning disability “to live the best lives they can”.
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