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Expert insights from the co-author Michelle McCarthy of a new resource pack aimed at anyone looking to support someone with learning disabilities through the menopause. 
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The sector has been left with a bill of £400 million to cover the last six years.
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Local authorities oppose the government's approach to improve falling care standards highlighted by the Care Quality Commission.
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Autistic adults are failing to receive social care support following diagnoses across 55 percent of the UK.
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Care quality assessors are to begin inspecting local town halls to evaluate council performance and communication.
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The independence of people with certain learning disabilities could be improved through innovations in Scotland.
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An effective 'trade in people’ with learning disabilities and/or autism at Assessment and Treatment Units has been uncovered by a partnership of activists, families and Lancaster University academics. 
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People with a learning disability are significantly more likely to get dementia yet they are largely left undiagnosed and without the support they need.
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Interview: Rosa Monckton suffered a backlash when she made the case for people with learning disabilities to be exempted from minimum wage protection, in order to create more job openings.
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Only paying sleep-in workers when their sleep is disturbed is “unacceptable”.
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