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A team of horticulturalists with learning disabilities is to take a show garden to the Chelsea Flower Show in 2012. The team, plus volunteers and adults with learning disabilities from Furzey Gardens in Minstead, New Forest, will be guided…
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Three leading disability charities have agreed to merge to form Disability Rights UK. Radar, Disability Alliance (DA) and the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) have agreed to join forces following a year of negotiations and…
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Hundreds of representatives from theatreland came together recently at the ‘Autism and theatre: an industry inspiration day’ to discuss and learn about autism. The conference also sought to identify ways to help families, theatres and…
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Young people with disabilities at The Children's Trust recently had the opportunity to create their own works of art based on Jan van Huysum's Flowers in a Terracotta Vase as part of multi-sensory art workshops provided by the National…
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Many parents of disabled children face problems with childcare this half term, including a lack of appropriate provision, high fees and even discrimination, according to a new survey.
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The amount of negative reporting of disability issues and people with disabilities in print media has increased significantly in the past 6 years, a study has found.
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A new recruitment protocol has been launched aimed at getting recruitment agencies to help people with disabilities – physical and learning – to compete on an equal footing when applying for jobs.
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The Parliament Buildings in Stormont, Northern Ireland, have become the third parliament in the UK to install a Changing Places toilet.
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Community-based support for people with learning disabilities is more effective, safer and cheaper than institutional care, and the government should put an end to institutional services, a report has claimed.
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First Movement, a charity that runs artistic workshops that use IT and video technology as a way of enabling people with learning disabilities to express themselves, has received a £45,000 grant to develop an arts project.
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