A couple with learning disabilities have had two children taken from their care after social workers raised safety concerns. Their eldest daughter was moved to a relative’s home more than
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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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A new plan has been launched to help support people with learning disabilities. There are 26,349 people with learning disabilities in Scotland with only 7% employed and 6.2% in further
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A family court judge has used plain English in a bid to help a woman with learning difficulties understand why a baby must be taken from her care. Judge Joanna
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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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More than half of parents whose children have speech, language or communication problems have to wait longer than six months for help, a survey suggests. A YouGov poll of more
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Two people with learning disabilities lack the ability to make decisions about the use of social media, a judge in a specialist court has concluded. Mr Justice Cobb decided that
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Almost one in five disabled workers have had a job offer withdrawn because of their health condition, a study suggests. Research by the disability charity Leonard Cheshire indicated that most
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