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

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

Digital Care Hub has launched its first photo competition, inviting people across adult social care to share images of ...

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

With the indefinite delay to the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), how can people identify when a deprivation of liberty may be taking place using the current system . . . The ...

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 . . ...

There has been a surge in demand for occupational therapy, driven by an increase in people with multiple and complex health conditions, according to new research from the Royal College of Occupational ...

Almost a decade ago, the NHS launched a campaign to reduce psychotropic medication rates. The initiative, stopping overmedication of people with learning disabilities and autism (STOMP), went ...

The National Autistic Society (NAS) has said that a new report, which claims there is an ‘overdiagnosis’ of neurodivergence in young people, is “poorly evidenced” and “couldn’t be wider of the mark”.

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 ...