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Children with disabilities in Trafford and Plymouth could soon enjoy a better choice of short breaks and accessible activities following the launch of a pilot project to get parents to join forces.
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People with learning disabilities and staff at an NHS trust in Doncaster got to learn some hip-hop moves by taking part in a street dance workshop to celebrate National Learning Disability Week.
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This week is Learning Disability Week, and it is time to celebrate everything that is good in learning disability services – but also to focus on the continual need to improve them.
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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new campaign to help tackle the stigma, discrimination and crime faced by local people who have a learning disability.
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The number of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications has risen by 66% in the 4 years they have been in force, new figures have revealed.
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Support providers need to focus not just on people with learning disabilities, but their families as well, says Certitude’s Aisling Duffy.
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People with learning disabilities in Doncaster have been shown how to protect themselves from skin cancer this summer thanks to staff from St John’s Information Service and the Community Learning Disabilities Services Health Action Team.
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Guildford-based charity halow project has received a grant of £10,000 to help young people with a learning disability the opportunity to engage in meaningful daytime activities.
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The High Court has ruled that a man with learning disabilities can be sterilised because it is “in his best interests” – a legal first.
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People with learning disabilities in Scotland are living more independently, but fewer are in employment, and much more needs to be done to improve this, according to a leading charity.
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