Learning Disability news

Tim Cooper, chief executive of the learning disability charity United Response, has given a measured response on behalf of those his organisation supports.

The first scientific study of compensatory strategies — techniques to camouflage autism — has been published.

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.

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.

'Inclusion' is the theme of this year's learning disability awareness week.

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. 

New Panorama footage showed psychological abuse, threats of violence, and intimidation experienced by people with learning disabilities and or autism.

19 reviews found that the term ‘learning disabilities’ or ‘Down’s syndrome’ was given as the reason for ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders.

Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock announced today that the government will fund specialist, independent advocates.

Granting long-stay hospitals responsibility for care commissioning will create serious conflicts of interest - and may undermine people's right.