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People with learning disabilities who allegedly suffered abuse while in the care of the former Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust are to receive about £8 million in compensation following a High Court ruling.
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People with learning disabilities and their families and carers have less than a month to submit evidence to Lord Low's independent review into how the personal mobility needs of people claiming disability living allowance (DLA) and living…
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An online guide has been launched to help professionals who need to manage a care home closure at short notice.
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Learning disability residential care home provider Castlebeck has appointed 2 organisations to provide independent advocacy services to its residents.
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The National Autistic Society (NAS) has warned the government its plans to reform guidelines for teachers over the use of restraint for pupils could put children with autism and other special educational needs (SEN) and teachers at risk of…
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A national autism charity has welcomed news that spot-checks will be made at job centres to see whether recommendations to improve the work capability assessment have been implemented.
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Education and training provision for young people post-16 with learning disabilities is variable and does not always help them to gain employment or live independently, a report by Ofsted has claimed.
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The last long-stay NHS campus in Sandwell, West Midlands, is to close later this year, with work having begun on a new supported housing development in West Bromwich for people with learning disabilities.
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The risk that a child with an older sibling with autism will also develop the condition is higher than previously thought, a US study has found.
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Learning disability charity Norwood has launched Norwood Future Clean, the first commercial car wash in London to be manned by people with learning disabilities.
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