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Leaders’ Awards: Time for our self advocates to shine
Learning Disability Today is sponsoring the 2026 Leaders' Awards, open to people with a learning disability and…
People with learning disabilities to benefit from Disabled Facilities Grant…
The government has annouced a £50 million boost to the Disabled Facilities Grant funding bringing the fund to £761…
Punk band Ultimate Thunder seeks new funds for unfinished documentary
A group of musicians with learning disabilities and autism are campaigning to raise new funds for their…
LeDeR withdraws its 2023 report due to newly discovered data issues
LeDeR is withdrawing its 2023 annual report and an updated version will be published in January 2026 due to a…
Half of UK websites need accessibility improvements for disabled people
There are around 16.1m people in the UK with a disability yet almost half of all websites analysed in a new report…
Social care packages for young adults with complex needs soar by 30%
The Autumn Survey from the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has found that high-cost social care…
New analysis shows employment pay gap for disabled women is 27.3%
A new report from the TUC finds that the employment pay gap between disabled and non-disabled workers remains…
Viewpoint: why does my social care support feel like a game of Monopoly?
Following on from his appearance on ITV this week, Matt Lester discusses how his social care support in Southampton…
National crisis in access to disability equipment, say MPs
A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Access to Disability Equipment has found that there…
Access to Work: over 17,000 people sign letter urging government to reform the…
Over 17,000 people have signed an open letter to the government calling for urgent reform to the Access to Work…
Building a social security system fit for people with a learning disability
Self-advocates from Mencap's Voices Council have set out their vision for what the social security system should…
National assessment is way forward for social care, King’s Fund report says
A new report from the King's Fund makes the case for using a national system to assess people's social care needs…