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A project that aimed to increase independence and broaden opportunities for personal growth for people with learning disabilities has been completed, and an event has taken place to celebrate it.
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Children’s films Pete’s Dragon, Trolls and Kubo and the Two Strings are among the Autism Friendly Films line-up for October, it has been announced.
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A record number of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications were received by councils during the past year – although there is significant variation between regions, official figures have shown.
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A college based on a farm is teaching young adults with learning disabilities farming skills that can help them to move on to paid employment. Andrew Mourant reports.
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Almost a third of older people with learning disabilities in Ireland are being prescribed high levels of medicines with side effects that can negatively affect their health and quality of life, researchers have found.
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RedStart Arts, a collective of artists with learning disabilities, will have an installation at the forthcoming Deptford X Fringe Festival at the Deptford Lounge art gallery in London.
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Athletes with learning disabilities won 12 medals – including 4 golds – at the Rio Paralympics, despite being only able to compete in events in 3 out of 23 sports at the games.
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Tim Smart, the interim chair of troubled Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, has resigned with immediate effect, citing “personal reasons”.
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In this guest blog, professional artist Andy Kee talks about his experience as an artist with learning disabilities and his partnership with service provider Certitude to get more people into art and to visit galleries.
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People living with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should stop being stigmatised as underachievers, following Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles’ disclosure that she has the condition, the head of an ADHD…
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