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Records tumbled at learning disability charity Mencap’s 15th Open Athletics Championships at Woodside Stadium in Watford recently.
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Nine Remploy factories – including the last five in Scotland – are to close, with 234 people with disabilities facing redundancy as a result.
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Directors in charge of care homes and hospitals that allow neglect and abuse to take place could be held personally and criminally accountable for failures in care, under proposals unveiled by the Government.
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A football league comprising teams of people with learning disabilities has received a £5,000 funding boost to help develop female players and train six coaches.
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The government announced draft plans to standardise eligibility criteria for adult social care last week, but the level it is being set at could risk the independence of some people with learning disabilities.
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The Law Commission has launched a consultation asking whether there is a case for standardising the law in relation to sexual orientation, transgender identity, disability, race and religious hate crime offences.
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Animated sequels Despicable Me 2 and Monsters University, and teen dance movie All Stars are to be this month’s Autism Friendly Films.
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The Government has announced that it plans to introduce national eligibility criteria for adult social care from 2015, but critics say it could exclude 100,000 disabled people from the system.
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A bond set up to provide permanent homes for people with learning disabilities has reached its £10 million target.
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Eight interns with learning disabilities have graduated with Diplomas in Progression following 9 months of intensive work-based training at a Plymouth hospital.
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