The NHS Alliance has said that soaring costs associated with the rise in ADHD and autism are running out of control. They are ...

The Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA) has announced the finalists in its international photography competition for people who ...

Learning to Listen to People with Intellectual Disabilities who are Non-Speaking by Beverley Samways. The book explores how ...

Disability charities have welcomed findings from an independent review, led by former Health Minister Alan Milburn, which recognises the failure of government and employers to remove the barriers that ...

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has advocated repealing the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), a legal requirement in Great Britain that obligates public authorities to consider the needs of ...

The role of unpaid carers has been recognised by the Government in a new action plan that includes measures to help carers reach their potential in education or work. Nearly one in 10 people in ...

The draft consultation for guidance on the Down Syndrome Act 2022 so far fails to recognise the importance of learning disability nurses in the health and wellbeing of people with Down's syndrome . . ...

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation is calling for systemic change that recognises the expertise of families of people with learning disabilities and takes their safety concerns seriously. This ...

The National Autistic Society (NAS) has hit back at comments made today by Nigel Farage, MP and Leader of Reform UK, after he claimed that doctors are “massively over-diagnosing” children with special ...

There has been a 3.5% drop in Local Authority fee rate uplifts across all learning disability and autism services, according to the Association for Real Change (ARC England). Fee rate uplifts are ...

New reforms to the Mental Health Act will ensure that people with a learning disability and autistic people with no co-occurring mental health conditions can only be detained for up to 28 days. The ...

A three-year plan focused on prevention, independence, and community care has been launched to transform support for people with learning disabilities and autism in Birmingham and Solihull. The ...