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A new DVD has been launched that illustrates how using person centred active support can promote social inclusion, independence and choice and control for people with learning disabilities, including those with complex needs such as autism…
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The sanctions regime for Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) is “grossly unfair to people with learning disabilities” and helps to “trap them in poverty”, according to a leading charity.
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Employment service Remploy is to be privatised, Employment Minister Esther McVey has announced.
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A group of 12 people with learning disabilities and volunteers from Haringey Mencap have helped pilot a new sporting project with Black Arrows Badminton Club.
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Specific training on learning disabilities should be made compulsory for health professionals, according to 93% of GPs interviewed as part of Mencap’s Getting It Right – From The Start (GIR-FTS) project.
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The winners of annual art competition Create! Art For Autism have been announced at the event's largest-ever awards ceremony at Beechwood College near Cardiff.
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A group of 8 students from Blackfriars SEN school in Newcastle have written and published a 120 page mystery story in just five days as part of a partnership with the White Water Writers voluntary project.
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Children with special educational needs are twice as likely as their peers to endure persistent bullying, a new study has claimed.
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Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of charity leaders’ network ACEVO, has been asked by NHS England to head a new group of experts and advisors to develop a national guide on how to provide health and care for people with learning…
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Children and young people in Hounslow aged between 5 and 17 with learning disabilities and significant mental health needs can now benefit from faster and easier access to specialist service.
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