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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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Kevin was nervous about becoming a dad because he has a learning disability. But now he is now the father of two teenage sons, one who is going to college and the other has a job. “It’s been a really good experience seeing them grow up, I’m…
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“For the past five years I have been listening to people with a learning disability tell me stories about love and believe me, there are happy endings.” In this blog, Miguel Tudela de la Fuente talks about the importance of sexual health –…
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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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For parents of children with learning disabilities, planning for what happens when they are no longer there to care for their offspring may seem like a scary proposition, but it has to be done – and many will need support to do this.
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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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