Learning Disability news

An autism charity tells Learning Disability Today people living with anxiety or stress should be offered medical cannabis.

Figures were obtained ahead of this year’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week, which runs until Saturday 20 October.

Toolkit for accommodating neurodivergent workers is created for employers.

Face down or prone restraints – banned under government guidelines – have increased from 2,200 incidents in 2016 to 3,100 in 2017.

A company behind a non-profit actor training academy and casting agency for neurodivergent actors proposes new guidelines to make film and television more inclusive.

More use should be made of portable medical testing, pilot study suggests.

The government plan to promote awareness among health staff of the needs of people with learning disabilities.

Autism Hour encourages shops to be more autism friendly.

Reforms to the Mental Capacity Act discussed in parliament this week could expose more people to being deprived of their liberty, care providers have warned.

A charity is pioneering the development and adaptation of musical instruments for disabled people.