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Grandparents often play a vital role in the lives of children with learning disabilities, but the lack of support they have needs to be addressed.
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A project that aims to offer new opportunities for people with a learning disability aged 55 and over to be more included in the life of their community has been launched by Mencap in Northern Ireland.
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A pilot project that aims to support people with a learning disability and autism to set up their own business or community project celebrated it successes recently.
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A new government-backed competition is calling for ground-breaking product designs that enable learners with disabilities or learning difficulties to enjoy greater independence and improved access to training and education.
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Animated comedies Planes and Turbo have been announced as the Autism Friendly Films for October.
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An innovative partnership between the Royal National Institute of Blind People's (RNIB) Pears Centre for Specialist Learning and Three Spires School in Coventry will see the school converted into a special educational needs (SEN) academy. 
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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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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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Labour’s commitment at its party conference to reform hate crime law so that disability has parity with other forms of hate crime is welcome. A change in the law is long overdue.
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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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