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Heidi Crowter and Máire Lea-Wilson have lost their landmark case against the UK Government over the current law that allows abortion up to birth for Down’s syndrome.
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Mencap ambassador George Webster has become a new guest presenter of BBC's CBeebies and his appointment was given a warm welcome this week across social media.
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A new government commissioned review has called for more research to investigate the reasons why overprescribing of medicines disproportionately affects people with disabilities.
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Barbican Cinema and the Centre for Film and Ethics will be hosting Autism and Cinema: An Exploration of Neurodiversity this month looking at new ideas arising from the relationship between autism and cinema.
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New research from the University of Cambridge suggests that autistic individuals are less likely to identify as heterosexual and more to be LGBTQ+ than non-autistic individuals.
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Intelligence quotient in individuals with intellectual disabilities is significantly associated with muscle strength, both in the lower and upper body, according to new research.
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NHS England has announced the appointment of Tom Cahill as the national director for learning disability and autism.
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The Government has announced a £12 billion per year package of health and social care reform that many have called a 'positive step forward' but one that is unlikely to 'fix' social care or tackle the NHS pandemic backlog.
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The Care Quality Commission has published a new report celebrating examples of successful community support provided to people with complex needs.
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The National Autistic Society (NAS) will be writing to researchers involved in a new autism study Spectrum 10K after concerns were raised about the nature of the consent.
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