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The assisted dying bill aims to allow terminally ill, mentally competent adults to seek medical assistance to end their lives.  Here, Darren Devine looks at concerns that when assisted dying is an option, people with learning disabilities…
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Autistic adults without learning disabilities can often see their support needs overlooked. Two mothers talk about the devastating experiences of their two children due to a lack of proper supported housing.
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In recent years, there have been growing reports of carers being prosecuted for exceeding the earnings threshold for Carer's Allowance. Since then, the threshold has been raised, but does it go far enough?
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For almost half a century, educationalists have been striving to end segregation and ensure pupils with SEND are brought into the mainstream.
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Almost a decade ago the NHS launched its STOMP campaign to end the overmedication of people with learning disabilities and autism. How much progress has been made since?
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Efforts to reduce bottlenecks in ADHD assessments has led to criticisms over falling standards. Now medics suggest it is time to impose standards to restore confidence in the diagnosis.
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Is it time to end the use of isolation rooms in schools after claims pupils were tortured in them at a Walthamstow special school?
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Since losing her son Oliver in 2016 Paula McGowan has used her grief and anger to fight for much needed changes for people with learning disabilities and autism.
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Autistic man Nicholas Thornton lost the ability to walk and speak after spending over a decade detained in unsuitable care settings.
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Loneliness is a silent killer with the socially isolated more vulnerable to stroke, heart disease, depression, anxiety and dementia. But here Darren Devine looks at ways of combating the feelings of loneliness that have become so intense…
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