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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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Darren Devine explores questions facing the charity care sector following abuse at the Mendip House home run by the National Autistic Society.
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Trials are underway for a wristband that monitors physiological changes that may precede aggression in autism. Darren Devine discusses how such technology could change the lives of autistic people, their families, and their carers.
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MSP Daniel Johnson found his life to be chaotic and difficult to cope with. Now diagnosed with ADHD, he understands the symptoms that have affected him since he was a child. Speaking to Darren Devine, he reflects upon how receiving a…
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Darren Devine speaks to Sir Stephen Bubb, who authored one of the key reports about the Winterbourne View scandal, calling for an end to long-stay hospital care for people with learning disabilities.
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Darren Devine discusses how moving people from hospitals to community living settings can be antithetical to the spirit of transforming care. 
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The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) was established by NHS England to address the premature deaths of learning disabled people. Darren Devine speaks to the mother of Oliver McGowan, whose death was preventable, and a LeDeR…
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Darren Devine discusses the use of restraint and seclusion in schools for children with learning disabilities, and speaks to those campaigning to change this. 
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Should challenging behaviour that others may perceive as being disruptive should be used to limit community access? 
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