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People with a learning disability are seven times as likely as their non-disabled peers to be lonely, according to research from Mencap. This Christmas, the charity is calling for urgent action to be taken to tackle the loneliness epidemic faced by people with a learning disability.

On 31/10/19, we facilitated a #LDTchat on people with learning disabilities being excluded from autism research. Catch up on what was discussed here.

Police figures obtained by the charity United Response show that fewer people are being charged or prosecuted for disability hate crimes despite ongoing increases in reports across England and Wales.

Filmmaker Beth Richards conducted research into how the television industry can be made more accessible for actors with learning disabilities. In this blog, she tells Learning Disability Today how her research findings informed her short animated film 'The Audition' which is being shown at Oska Bright Film Festival. 

71% of autistic adults in England aren't getting the support they need. This could mean up to 327,000 autistic adults aren’t getting help to do things other people take for granted, like socialising, managing money, or getting out and about.

A group of Loughborough University academics have been awarded funding to examine how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as the Amazon Echo, help people with disabilities live independently and explore how they may shape the future of social care.

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.

Women with learning disabilities and autism are almost four times less likely to go for cervical cancer screening tests. Here, Darren Devine looks at the efforts being made to reverse one of the most stark health inequalities affecting potentially vulnerable women.

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. 

Trials are underway for a wristband that monitors physiological changes that may precede aggression. Darren Devine discusses how such technology could change the lives of autistic people, their families, and their carers.

The most common reasons for not raising a concern were not knowing how (20%) or who (33%) to raise it with, not wanting to be seen as a ‘troublemaker’ (33%) and worries about not being taken seriously (28%). Over a third of people (37%) felt that nothing would change as a result.

The Care Quality Commission has pledged to review restrictive interventions (restraint, prolonged seclusion, and segregation) in a variety of settings.

 As of today, there are currently 40,000 NHS vacancies for nurses and, by 2020, almost 50% of all nursing staff will be eligible for retirement. Where does this leave the NHS?

The largest in-depth study of cognitive abilities in people with Down’s syndrome means that clinical trials for preventing Alzheimer's disease may be possible. 

"I find myself hoping that she passes away before me," one carer tells Sense, as charity publishes distressing survey results.