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People with learning disabilities can exhibit challenging behaviour – which is likely to endanger them or others – but there is always a reason behind it that can be addressed.
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The government minister for disabled people will be among a panel of politicians facing questions from over 100 disabled people.
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The head of the Royal College of Nurses insists no-one will be “put in danger” after the union voted to allow nurses to continue their work following a diagnosis.
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America’s National Centre for Learning Disabilities Support (NCLD) released new data this week they says demonstrates children with learning and attention issues are “as smart as their peers, but too often misunderstood as lazy or…
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Mencap’s new guides will support one million potential voters.
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Epileptics with learning disabilities would receive a greater proportion of their epilepsy care from psychiatrists – as opposed to neurologists – under new plans from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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People with learning disabilities on long housing waiting lists stand to benefit from a change in approach.
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Abortion law campaigner Lord Shinkwin is the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) new disability commissioner.
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Closure of England’s last stand-alone NHS learning disability hospital, the Mersey Care Whalley, will move care for people with learning disabilities more towards independent community living, says NHS England.
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The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Dual Diagnosis and Complex Needs is working with the Office for Civil Society to gather evidence in order to improve outcomes, prevent crisis and reduce stigma for people with complex needs.
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