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The Mencap Volunteer Group, which has people working at four national nature reserves (NNRs) have scooped an award for their efforts.
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In this guest blog, Lorraine Burton, project manager of the home safety project within Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS), talks about how the initiative is breaking new ground to align health and social care priorities and make fire…
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The Winterbourne View Joint Improvement Programme (WVJIP) is to “regroup and refocus” on local issues, with a vision to ensure that everyone has a place they can call home, its new lead has said.
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A second autism friendly performance of Disney’s The Lion King will take place in May at the Lyceum Theatre in London, it has been announced.
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The government has been criticised by disability charities after new statistics revealed that some claimants are experiencing long delays for decisions for the new disability benefit personal independence payment (PIP).
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Claims in a new book that a diagnosis of dyslexia is without value have been refuted by dyslexia organisations.
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Connor Sparrowhawk’s tragic death again highlights the need for urgent reform of hospital-type accommodation for people with learning disabilities.
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A specialist programme in Wirral that helps people with autism into work has been shortlisted for a national Independent Specialist Care Award 2014 in the Autism Spectrum Services Category.
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The death of 18-year-old Connor Sparrowhawk, who had autism, a learning disability and epilepsy, last year could have been prevented and followed a catalogue of failings in his care, an independent report has confirmed.
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People with disabilities challenging the ‘bedroom tax’ have vowed to continue to fight after the Court of Appeal upheld last year’s High Court ruling that the government’s housing benefit regulations were lawful.
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