Funding for pupils with SEND has risen by £4 billion over the past five years, according to a report which found that nearly ...

New figures from NHS data show that more than 200,000 people are still waiting for an autism assessment in England, which is a 25% increase in one year, and a 96% increase over the last two years. Of ...

Description: Dimensions is one of the UK’s largest not-for-profit support providers and in this webinar they introduce High Greave, a purpose-built community of five individual homes and a support ...

This article summarises some key pieces of research in the learning disability and autism field over recent weeks. This includes studies on maximising quality of life in supported living settings, ...

A new long-term study to observe and track health data of people with Down syndrome from birth to adulthood has been launched by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The initiative is led by ...

The adult social care sector will have to change if it wants to recruit and retain more younger people, according… ...

MP Kim Leadbeater has put forward her proposal for a 'assisted dying' Bill that would allow terminally ill adults… ...

The adult social care sector will have to change if it wants to recruit and retain more young people, according to a new report by the King’s Fund. Young people are particularly underrepresented in ...

Kim Leadbeater MBE, Labour MP for Spen Valley, yesterday published the details of her Private Members’ Bill to legalise assisted dying. She says the Bill would allow terminally ill adults to request ...