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A group of nine athletes with learning disabilities will represent Team GB at the 7th Inas Open European Athletics Championships in the Netherlands from June 11-15.
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Children who later develop autism are exposed to elevated levels of steroid hormones, such as testosterone, progesterone and cortisol, in the womb, according to scientists.
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This week it was announced that the commitment to move people with learning disabilities inappropriately placed in assessment and treatment units had been missed. Much more now needs to be done to ensure necessary change does happen.
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Mencap’s housing service, Golden Lane Housing (GLH), recently celebrated tenants moving into the final property bought with the £10 million charity bond it raised last year.
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Specialist care and education provider Cambian Group has acquired Mencap’s further education colleges.
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A new partnership agreement has been signed by 48 health, care and housing organisations that commits them to transforming public service delivery to promote people’s independence and wellbeing.
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Members of the Hijinx Academy for actors with learning disabilities will this month put on a site-sympathetic theatre event set in the 'Cardiff underworld'.
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People with disabilities are feeling the effects of the government’s austerity policies more than most – and they are having a real adverse impact on their lives, as Mary O’Hara has found out.
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A 9-year-old girl from Cornwall has written her first book, which aims to help other children who become a sibling to a child with Down’s syndrome.
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The government has failed to meet its commitment to ensure that people with a learning disability are supported to return to their communities from units like Winterbourne View.
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