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In this article, Darren Devine asks whether telecare compromises quality for people with a learning disability.
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Many people with autism and learning disabilities are being overlooked by research. Charities, researchers, and campaigners say current studies are skewed towards the more able end of the spectrum, which can leave the most severely impacted…
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What are your parental rights once your child reaches adulthood? This article looks at why more families are making applications to apply for deputyship.
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Having their own possessions can bring a sense of independence and control that people with learning disabilities are deprived of all too often. Darren Devine hears how an art exhibition tells the stories behind these meaningful possessions…
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In February a group of US parents who said they felt alienated by the growing influence of the neurodiversity movement set up the National Council on Severe Autism (NCSA). Could we see a similar split in the UK among parents who feel left…
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Reasonable adjustments are adaptations and accommodations that should, in theory, minimise disadvantages faced by disabled people in education, employment, and housing, as well as services such as shops, hospitals, and banks.
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With the government's Disability Confident scheme running for over two years, there is an increasing awareness of the disability employment gap. But when will legislation address it?
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Women with learning disabilities and autism are almost four times less likely to go for cervical cancer screening tests. Here, Darren Devine looks at the efforts being made to reverse one of the most stark health inequalities affecting…
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Young people with learning disabilities are often without paid employment. Darren Devine considers whether supported internship schemes are the answer, or whether they fail to deliver what they promise.
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Should autistic people avoid or embrace autistic obsessions? Or could we be medicalising a perfectly healthy behaviour and comes from a place of misunderstanding.
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