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The fifth anniversary of the Panorama documentary that broke the Winterbourne View scandal was earlier this week. It served as a timely reminder that for people with learning disabilities stuck in assessment and treatment units, little has…
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Recent figures show that 60% of people with learning disabilities who are inpatients in hospital settings have been there for more than a year, despite promises of reform after the Winterbourne View. So, has anything really changed for the…
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People with learning disabilities die on average 16 years earlier than their non-disabled peers, but to tackle this inequality will require changes in healthcare and it has to be led by the government. Editor Dan Parton reports.
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Lawyers often struggle to provide people with learning disabilities with the legal specialist support they need because of a lack of experience in dealing with them, according to new research.
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The Anti-Bullying-Alliance (ABA) has called for schools and colleges to be more aware of the bullying that children with autism can experience.
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Employees with learning disabilities are more than twice as likely to be attacked, intimidated or bullied at work than non-disabled people, a study has found.
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A Cornwall councillor who said that disabled children should be put down has apologised and resigned.
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If the Learning Disability Coalition's (LDC) new report is to be believed, nearly half of people with learning disabilities who receive social care services have had their support cut or charges for it increased in the past year. Proof, for…
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Today, a group of 46 charities and service providers have written an open letter to Government calling for additional funding for social care to be included in the forthcoming White Paper.
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About half of adults with a learning disability received an annual health check with their GP in the past year, a rise of 8% year-on-year, new figures have revealed. But there is much room to improve on this, an expert has warned.
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