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Offenders with learning disabilities need more support to help them to move on with their lives when they are released from prison, an expert has claimed.
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Disability charity Scope has warned that there are fundamental flaws in the process of change from disability living allowance (DLA) to personal independence payment (PIP), which it says could see up to 600,000 people with disabilities lose…
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Learning disability charity Mencap has launched a charter targeted at new clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) that aims to eliminate the health inequalities that people with learning disabilities can experience in the NHS.
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The inability to recognise and interpret emotional states in other people – often called emotional blindness – which is commonly identified as a symptom of autism, is actually caused by a co-occurring condition called alexithymia, according…
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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) may be effective in improving anger control in people with learning disabilities, according to a new study from a team of researchers from Swansea University.
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A project offering support and information to families of children with undiagnosed genetic conditions, has launched the UK's first National Undiagnosed Children’s Awareness Day to raise awareness of rare conditions which affect those in…
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In this guest blog, Lesa Walton writes about how openness about autism is the key to tackling the stigma around the condition and improving care and treatment.
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There is still a widespread lack of understanding of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), with the use of restraint a particular concern, a report by social care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed.
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Following the publication of Living in a Different World, consultant editor of Policing Today Philip Mason talks about the criminal justice system's gradually changing attitude towards society's most vulnerable people.
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The lack of a certain protein in the brains of people with Down’s syndrome could be a cause of learning and memory problems, according to a US study.
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