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Planned changes to housing benefit could leave tens of thousands of the country’s most vulnerable people unable to afford rent on their homes, and forcing the closure of specialist housing schemes, the National Housing Federation has…
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Disability charities and peers have signed an open letter to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith warning that the government’s plan to cut Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by £30 per week will “push sick and disabled people…
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With the turn of another year, it is time to look ahead to what might happen in the next 12 months, although I suspect that for many people with learning disabilities, they will do this with a sense of trepidation.
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The McArthur Glen Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet village is to host a series of autism-friendly shopping evenings, it has been announced.
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An autism expert is to create the UK’s first set of measures to guide health service providers in their support for adults with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) after being awarded a £250,000 grant.
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The past 12 months saw the care of people with learning disabilities again hit the headlines for the wrong reasons. Editor Dan Parton looks back.
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A new health toolkit, written and developed by a team of nurses that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities on a day-to-day basis has been launched.
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What happens when you turn care into a commodity, asks Alex McClimens.
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Thousands of people with learning disabilities want to spend more time outside their homes but 1 in 3 fear being bullied if they do, according to new Mencap data.
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A new test for Down’s syndrome has been recommended for women on the NHS and will reduce the need for tests that carry a miscarriage risk.
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