A group of musicians with learning disabilities and autism are campaigning to raise new funds for their behind-the-scenes documentary about their band Ultimate Thunder.
Mental Health Act gains Royal Assent offering better protection to people with learning disabilities
The Mental Health Act has received Royal Assent and includes reforms to the inappropriate detention of people with learning disabilities and autistic people. The latest statistics show that over 2,000 ...
The Learning from Lives and Deaths – People with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR) 2023 report has been withdrawn due to technical issues with the supplied data. The report published ...
Health inequality and missed prevention opportunities are leading to earlier deaths for people with a learning disability (intellectual disability) and epilepsy, according to new research. The study, ...
A new road safety resource has been developed for professionals to better support autistic and neurodiverse learners. The resource has been developed by Co-Pilot, a networking platform for road safety ...
The latest Learning from Lives and Deaths Review Programme (LeDeR) lists constipation as one of the top five (23.6%) comorbidity conditions for deaths among people with learning disabilities. The ...
Nearly half of UK websites risk excluding visitors with disabilities because they need accessibility improvements, according to new research. The State of Accessibility Report analysed Google’s ...
The Government has announced an independent review to understand the prevalence, trends and inequalities associated with mental health conditions, ADHD and autism. It will examine the factors behind ...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the government’s Autumn Budget, which she says builds on the choices the government made since last July to cut NHS waiting lists, cut the cost of living, and ...
Social care packages for young adults costing more than £7,000 per week have grown by 30%, according to a new survey by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS). The packages for ...
A new landmark report is urging the Government to enhance mandatory training on autism for public-facing staff, developed in collaboration with autistic individuals and their supporters as part of the ...
Following on from his appearance on ITV this week, Matt Lester discusses how his social care support in Southampton became a game of chance and why he is concerned that support is being reshaped to ...
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