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After a review by the House of Lords found a proposed cut of £30 a week to Employment and Support Allowance will directly contradict the Government’s desire to get more disabled people into work, hundreds of people with disabilities have…
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New mothers with learning disabilities have benefitted from a pilot programme that helped them learn to care for and interact with their babies, an evaluation has found.
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The board of under-fire Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust have said there will be no resignations in the wake of a critical report which found that it failed to investigate hundreds of deaths over a 4-year period.
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Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust will receive expert support to improve the way it investigates and reports deaths at the trust, particularly among people with a learning disability and/or those who are experiencing mental illness,…
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'Mate' crime affects 80% of people with autism in Merseyside according to a survey conducted by charity Autism Together.
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Parents of children with learning disabilities face multiple barriers when taking their child on holiday, with the majority concerned about getting the right support and the attitude of the public, a study has revealed.
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More alternatives to prison should be available for people with learning disabilities who have broken the law, according to a new report.
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A specialist day and residential school for children and young people with autism in North Yorkshire has been saved from potential closure after it was acquired by specialist care and education provider Cambian Group.
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The December 2015 edition of accessible magazine Easy News is now available and features coverage of the terrorist attacks in Paris and an overview of the last 20 years since the introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act.
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The lowest UK unemployment rate for nearly 10 years merely ignores the on-going failure to address the fact that just 6% of people with a learning disability are in paid work, learning disability charity Mencap has claimed.
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