Scotland’s social care support system increasingly risks cracking under the strain, as demand rises and funding fails to keep pace, to the potential detriment of thousands of disabled people and
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Disability charities have urged ministers to “end the uncertainty” around future funding for supported housing for disabled people who want to live independently. The 15 charities wrote to the Government,
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Your Options Understood (Y.O.U.) is a resource that offers independent advice to those living with a disability, as well as parents and carers. It was set-up by Dr Danielle Farrel
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A report published today by the national deafblind charity, Sense, highlights major health inequalities and barriers faced by deafblind people accessing healthcare in England. It comes ahead of the implementation
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Innovative new technology is being developed by researchers to help people with autism read and understand text better. Figurative language, irony, sarcasm and phrases that may have more than one
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A therapist who was trying to calm an autistic patient in the middle of a street in Miami has said he was shot by police even though he had his
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Owning a pet dog reduces stress and significantly improves functioning in families who have a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), new research has shown. The study, carried out by
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The University of Bath’s Department of Psychology are officially opening at their new 10 West building today. The building will provide space for the expansion of the Department of Psychology,
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Researchers from the University of Kent are seeking volunteers to take part in a study on autism that should shed new light on the condition. Dr Toby Nicholson, of the
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The NHS should train medics to prevent autistic people from feeling they get inadequate treatment, an inquiry has found. The Westminster Commission on Autism called on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt
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