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    • May
      • Nurses Say Cuts Are Hitting People With Learning Disabilities
        05/18/12
        A survey published by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in time for its annual conference on Wednesday this week has revealed that nurses have “real concerns” about the safety of clients with learning disabilities because of cuts in services.

        74 per cent of the nurses surveyed said that

      • College Inclusion Charter Launched
        05/16/12
        This week, Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning Minister John Hayes launched the College Inclusion Charter, which aims to get colleges of further education to commit to delivering quality education opportunities to learners with autism and other learning disabilities, at the Pears Ambitio

      • Learning Disability Dance Project to take Place
        05/14/12
        Tickets are now on sale for We Dance, a festival of dance taking place on 13 and 14 July, which is part of Dancing for the Games, featuring people with a learning disability. Dancing for the Games is aimed at getting people in the West Midlands dancing to celebrate London 2012 and will involve peop

      • Social Care Funding
        05/11/12
        A number of Bills were outlined in the Queen’s speech this week, including the Children and Families Bill, which proposes measures to improve provision for disabled children and children with special educational needs, and give families more choice and control over their support.

        There is

      • Mission To Lars
        05/09/12
        A film called Mission to Lars which chronicles the adventure of a 40-year-old man with Fragile X syndrome, will have its charity premiere at Notting Hill’s Gate Cinema in aid of Mencap next week.

        With the strap line everyone deserves one adventure in their life, the synopsis on the film’s

      • Here To Stay
        05/04/12
        'Here to Stay,' is a five years project, which will explore the numbers and needs of people with learning disabilities from ethnic minority communities including new migrants.

        The research is a response to a gap between the needs of people with learning disabilities from ethnic

      • Campaigners Against New Disability Benefits
        05/02/12
        The Learning Disability Alliance Scotland (LDAS) is the latest group to campaign against the introduction of a new disability benefit, after finding that two in five Scots with learning disabilities will be financially worse off once it is introduced.

        Current recipients of Disability Livi

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