Hate crime probe after disabled man attacked and abused by gang
Police are investigating a disability hate crime after a man was targeted by a gang who followed him and hit him on the head with a stone. The victim was
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Many children with learning disabilities isolated and bullied in mainstream schools
Teaching children with learning disabilities in mainstream schools can leave youngsters feeling “sidelined” while teachers feel “untrained, unsupported and stressed”, campaigners have claimed. Charity Enable Scotland has told ministers it
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Care for elderly and disabled ‘in crisis’ as providers increasingly pull out of contracts
Companies that provide care to the elderly and disabled are increasingly handing back contracts to local authorities because they are not being paid enough, the leader of the health regulator
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Researchers explore extent of mental and physical health problems caused by homelessness
The extent of the mental and physical health problems caused by homelessness is laid bare in a new report. Research into the experiences of 64 people who are homeless or
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Not a single child amputee has received running blade from flagship £1.5M scheme
A flagship £1.5 million scheme to give running blades to amputee children has not given out any blades eight months after it was announced, a senior Tory MP has claimed.
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QMU graduate offers insight into career as a Music Therapist
If you’ve ever considered a career in Music Therapy or wondered what career routes might be available, then this is sure to interest you. Here we explore the MSc in
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Judge halts care litigation over concerns taxpayers’ money could be wasted
A senior judge has halted Court of Protection litigation centred on the care of a paralysed man after raising concerns that taxpayers’ money might be wasted. The man, who is
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Government suffer defeat as three win Supreme Court rulings over ‘bedroom tax’
A spina bifida sufferer and a couple who look after a grandson with severe disabilities have won rulings at the UK’s highest court over the controversial so-called “bedroom tax”. Supreme
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‘Grave violations’ of rights of UK disabled people after welfare cuts, scathing UN report
Welfare cuts have resulted in “grave or systematic violations” of the rights of disabled people in the UK, a United Nations inquiry has found. The scathing report by the UN
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Benefit claimants in Scotland ‘to lose more than £2bn under welfare reforms’
Benefit claimants in Scotland are projected to lose out on more than £2 billion a year under UK Government welfare reforms, according to a new report. Researchers at Sheffield Hallam
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