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In this guest blog, Simon Cramp talks about a week spent at conferences finding out more about government decisions about funding for social care services and how it will impact on the lives of people with learning disabilities.
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The government’s commitment to allow local authorities to raise council tax levels to help pay for adult social care will not solve the funding crisis in the sector.
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A new two-year project that aims to use picture books and group discussions to help people with learning disabilities to find and keep a job has been launched by the government.
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Significant concerns have been raised about the quality of investigations into deaths of patients with learning disabilities or mental ill health by the NHS, which could mean opportunities to improve care are being missed, according to a…
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The Beathovens – the only band in the UK whose members are all on the autism spectrum and living in full-time care – have released its first single in time for Christmas.
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A new easy read to trusteeship has been published, which aims to help people with learning disabilities to become charity trustees.
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People with learning disabilities die, on average, more than 14 years younger than the general population, and are significantly more likely to have certain conditions and diseases, new figures have shown.
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While Dr Phoebe Caldwell may be getting older – and facing the challenges that brings – her passion and drive to help people with autism and sensory processing problems through responsive communication remains undimmed. As she tells Dan…
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Chancellor Philip Hammond’s recent Autumn Statement omitted social care entirely, and this snub to a sector that is already pointing to a funding gap of more than £1 billion is only going to create more problems for service users and…
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The government will reduce the disability employment gap by just 2.6% by 2020 on current rates of progress – and will not make its manifesto commitment to halve it until 2065 unless action is taken, a report by a Parliamentary group has…
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