This special report takes a practice-focussed approach to assistive technology and discusses the evidence - and the challenges - emerging from a series of evaluations that have attempted to identify, and quantify, the results of real, local… Read More...
KEY Community Supports operates throughout Scotland to provide support for people with disabilities. KEY had approached IRISS for suggestions about how they might deliver training and advice to its support workers at the point where support… Read More...
This report shows progress against the 18 recommendations in the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities both locally and nationally. It also recognises that more needs to be done including all local… Read More...
In his Annual Report of 2012-13 the Children's Commissioner for Wales made a commitment to undertake a distinct piece of work that would examine the implementation of the Breaks for Carers of Disabled Children (Wales) Regulations 2012.The… Read More...
Ruled Out is a campaign launched by Ambitious about Autism which aims to stop children with autism missing out on their education, so that every child with autism can learn, thrive and achieve.During research for the campaign the… Read More...
The current system of allocating social care support based on what people can’t do needs to be turned on its head, according to the chief executive of a learning disability charity. Read More...
Disability charity United Response has published a special edition of its accessible news magazine Easy News summarising the results of the Scottish Referendum. Read More...