A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Access to Disability Equipment has found that there is a ...
The Government has decided to postpone its Schools White Paper until early next year as it continues to decide how best to ...
Unique and the Turner Syndrome Support Society (TSSS), have joined forces to launch a new 'magical' children's teaching ...
The Government will launch a new consultation into Liberty Protection Safeguards next year, strengthening protections for ...
The Access to Work Collective has delivered an open letter with over 17,000 signatures to the Government, urging it to urgently reform the Access to Work scheme so that no disabled person, whether ...
The third reading of the Mental Health Bill took place in the House of Commons this week and included plans to reduce reliance on inpatient care for people with learning disabilities.
The latest ‘State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report shows that despite challenges, the sector is growing with the number of filled posts increasing by 3.4% to 1.6 ...
The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has upheld seven separate complaints against Hywel Dda University Health Board for failing to care adequately for epilepsy patients with a learning disability.
Blood tests can be challenging for people with learning disabilities due to needle phobia or anxiety. Reasonable adjustments need to be made to make the process easier. This article discusses some ...
Autism charities in the UK have issued a joint statement about new claims from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about a link between autism and the use of Tylenol (paracetamol) by ...
A cross-party group of MPs is calling on the Government to ensure that special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision is an intrinsic part of mainstream education and is the ...