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Tim Cooper, chief executive of the learning disability charity United Response, has given a measured response on behalf of those his organisation supports.
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The first scientific study of compensatory strategies used by autistic people and also techniques to camouflage autism has been published.
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The number of children with autism and learning disabilities living in mental health wards has doubled since the initiation of the Transforming Care programme designed to deliver community alternatives, but restraint numbers have been…
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Before Hope Lightowler received an autism diagnosis, she struggled with sensory issues and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
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For the first time, the government has pledged to work with the Office for National Statistics to include autistic spectrum conditions on the Labour Force Survey for employment.
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Mencap Ambassador Emily Nicol, who has a learning disability, interviews Justin Tomlinson, Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work about sport inclusion.
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Inclusion' is the theme of this year's learning disability awareness week. This article review how people with a learning disability feel victimised at work.
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Secure institutions should automatically be barred from receiving a positive rating by the Care Quality Commission regulator if there is anyone within their facility who has been living there for more than a year, charities said today. 
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Families have launched a legal campaign to end the "national scandal" of people with autism and learning disabilities from being detained under the Mental Health Act.
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19 reviews found that the term ‘learning disabilities’ or ‘Down’s syndrome’ was given as the reason for ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders.
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