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Financial pressures are mounting for many charities working with people with learning disabilities, which is threatening services, but they are finding new ways to keep going. Andrew Mourant reports.
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Equal clinical rigour should be applied to assessments of people under the Mental Capacity Act as for compulsory detention and treatment under the Mental Health Act, the founder of a care provider has said.
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Grandparents often provide essential support to their offspring who have children with special educational needs (SEN), but many say that the experience can be tough and feel more support is needed, according to a survey.
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More than 100 footballers with learning disabilities, along with their families, coaches and volunteers, celebrated their achievements at an awards evening in Colchester recently.
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The Labour Party has said that it would reform the disability hate crime law so that it has parity with other forms of hate crime.
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A project is being launched to assess whether using a digital highlighter can help dyslexic people to learn.
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The government must work harder to improve the accessibility of all public transport for disabled people, according to a parliamentary committee.
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Good practice advice for social workers working with people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions to help improve standards following the Winterbourne View case has been published.
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Strengthening corporate accountability for social care providers is important, but this must not discourage people with learning disabilities from becoming trustees, says Walsingham’s Paul Snell.
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More than half of teachers feel they have not had adequate training in teaching pupils with autism, a survey has found.
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