Up to 2.8 million health and social care staff, from consultants to porters, who regularly have contact with patients or service users could be legally required to undertake special learning
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Specially trained early years staff and family support workers will identify infants with poor language and communication skills to prevent them falling behind at school. As part of a £6.5
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A new awareness campaign encouraging people to view autism as a development difference rather than a disorder has been announced. The Scottish Government is working with the charity Inspiring Scotland
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Learning disability nurse numbers have fallen by 40% since the Government came to power, Labour has claimed. Shadow mental health minister Paula Sherriff said health charities had warned urgent action
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A judge is preparing to consider whether parents should still decide what is best when teenagers with learning disabilities become adults. Three families are staging a “challenge the current law”
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Around 150 therapists who claim to “cure” autism have been served enforcement notices by the advertising watchdog amid warnings their methods have no scientific credibility and could severely harm children.
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A charity has warned of a “domestic human rights scandal” over the number of people with a learning disability being kept in institutions. Mencap said a lack of urgency and
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Thousands of school places will be created for children with special educational needs or those facing additional challenges in mainstream education. A new school will open in every English region,
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The Scottish Government should introduce a three-month waiting time target for autism patients, according to the Scottish Conservatives. The party wants an introduction of a target from referral to first
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The National Autistic Society have announced the winners of the 2019 Autism Professionals Awards at a special ceremony at Birmingham Town Hall. The top accolade, the Lifetime Achievement Award, went
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