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Mental Health Act: disabled campaigners call for greater co-production
10+ hour, 22+ min ago (528+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services The Bring People Home From Hospital network, the only national network of organisations run by and for autistic people and people with learning difficulties, has called on the…...
Over a million children with Developmental Language Disorder missing from SEND reforms
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (375+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services Over 1. 3 million children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder risk being overlooked in the Government's SEND reforms, according to Speech and Language UK. In its new report,…...
New report explores ways to better support parents with a learning disability
3+ week, 2+ day ago (423+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services The National Children's Bureau has published a new briefing emphasising how adult services can improve support for parents with a learning disability. The publication, Supporting parents with a…...
Constipation affects one in five autistic children, new research finds
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (382+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services A fifth of autistic children experience constipation, which is linked to significantly increased emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalisations for gastrointestinal symptoms, according to a study in the'American…...
Play-based mental health programmes more beneficial for autistic children
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (344+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services New research shows that standard mental health programmes often do not work well for neurodivergent children and young people as they rely on extended periods of talking, abstract…...
Baroness Casey says social care is held together by "sticking plasters and glue
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (565+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services Too many families are navigating an underfunded, "cobbled together" social care system that lacks ownership and accountability, according to Baroness Casey, chair of the Government"s social care…...
Supported housing and autism: what happens when vulnerability is obscured by intelligence
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1095+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services Intellectually able but socially naive " autistic adults without learning disabilities can often see their support needs overlooked as professionals struggle to recognise vulnerability obscured by their intelligence. Two…...
Children with additional learning needs in Wales told to "follow the rules
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (812+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services Concerns have been raised about a letter sent by Merthyr Tydfil County Council to parents and carers of children with additional learning needs, stating that they must "follow…...
Health Committee in Scotland calls for review of ADHD and autism asssessments
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (373+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee in Scotland is calling for a comprehensive review of the assessment process for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism....
Learning disability nurses: RCN Foundation offers new "30, 000 funding for research projects
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (320+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services The RCN Foundation is offering up to "30, 000 in funding for learning disability nurses in Wales to undertake a nursing research project to address health inequality and enhance health-related…...