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4 June 2008

Care charges risk leading older and disabled people into poverty, says new report

Rising care charges are putting older and disabled people at risk of not being able to afford to eat, heat their homes, wash or get essential support, says a new report published today (4 June) by the Coalition on Charging.
 
28 May 2008

More research needed on learning disability, says Learning Disability Coalition

The Learning Disability Coalition is calling for more research into learning disabilities on the back of a new report that confirms a lack of essential data on the number of people with a learning disability in England.
 
9 May 2008

Paralympic dreams are being crushed due to a cut in funding says Mencap

Athletes with a learning disability may never fulfil their Paralympic dreams, says leading learning disability charity Mencap.
 
17 April 2008

New service launched for the six million people in the learning disability community

The six million people in the learning disability community in the UK will today (15 April) be able to access a new service that will give them all the latest learning disability news, information and advice.
 
4 April 2008

Party politics make little difference to eligibility criteria, new figures reveal

The Learning Disability Coalition has revealed new statistics that show that the reduction in the number of people eligible for social care is not being driven by councils governed by one particular political party.
 
16 January 2008

Mencap's response to (DCSF) Transforming short breaks for families with disabled children

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14 January 2008

Get snapping for Mencap and you could win fabulous prizes!

Mencap is calling for budding photographers across the UK to get involved in Snap! 2008, its sixth annual photo and story competition.
 
4 January 2008

Routine use of anti-psychotic drugs to treat aggression critisised in new report

Mencap welcomes a study published by The Lancet today (4 January 2008), which questions the effectiveness of anti-psychotic drugs in the treatment of aggressive behaviour in people with an intellectual disability.
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