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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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The CQC is calling for an independent review of every person who is being held in segregation in mental health wards for children and young people and wards for people with a learning disability or autism.
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Granting long-stay hospitals responsibility for care commissioning will create serious conflicts of interest - and may undermine people's right.
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Disability charity United Response launches their Am I Your Problem? campaign which aims to challenge the indifference, hidden discrimination, and sometimes outright hostility faced by people with learning disabilities and autistics. 
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Cross-sector concerns have repeatedly been raised about the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill since proposals were introduced last summer.
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Figures produced by the Scottish Children’s Services Coalition have highlighted dramatic increases in the number of autistic pupils being identified as needing additional support needs (ASN) in Scotland’s schools.
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Ambitious about Autism's Youth Council have created a resource to help tackle loneliness amongst peers and make youth groups more accessible. 
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Michael, who lives with schizophrenia and learning disabilities, is a resident at Exemplar Health Care’s Doncaster home for adults with complex needs, Quarryfields. Here, he tells LDT about a volunteering project, helping children in…
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