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Plans for mandatory learning disabilities awareness training as been announced by the Government.

Caroline Dinenage, the Minister of State for Care in the Department of Health and Social Care made a written statement to Parliament on September 12th 2018, in which she outlined the Government’s response to the Learning Disability Mortality Review’s Second Annual Report, published on the 4th May.…

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Universal Credit: Private Rented Sector

A debate on Universal Credit and the private rented sector was held in Westminister Hall on January 9th and brought by the Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne Stephen Lloyd. In this post, I shall be focussing on those who are in the private rented sector and those who are disabled.

For those in the private or social rented sector, you can apply for Housing Benefit, which is governed by the…

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My Autism Assesment and my feelings

I recently had an ADOS Assessment, which is designed to identify whether a person has Autism or other what are called “pervasive developmental disorders”. I would like to let you in to my own and my feelings following my formal diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

The first task was to complete a jigsaw, which included 4 pictures. This was very overwhelming for me as there were so many…

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Mental Health In Prisons (Learning Disabilities

https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/62511b5b-eec0-4a81-9650-22b4201613fb On Wednesday 10th January 2018, a debate on Mental Health In Prisons took place in Westminister Hall. The debate was brought by Labour MP for St Helens South and Whiston Marie Rimmer. During the debate, the Liberal emocrat MP and former Minister for Health in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government from…

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ThisMonthInDisability- November-Autism Waiting Times

Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary at the Department of Health, was questioned by the Health Select Committee, chaired by Sarah Woolaston on October 31st. A question was asked by Dr Paul Williams, Labour MP for Stokton South on Autism diagnosis waiting times for children. He spoke of how the parents of children in his consistency could wait for up to 4 years before an assessment takes place. NICE…

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ThisMonthInParliament- November 2017

JOIN THE THISMONTHINPARLIAMENTDISABILITY FACEBOOK GROUP FOLLOW THISMONTHINPARLIAMENTDISABILITY National Autistic Society- Government to look at waiting times target for diagnosis (1 November 2017) http://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/media-centre/news/2017-11-01-diagnosis-waiting-times-target.aspx Autumn Budget 2017 (Welfare Spending, Page 67) (22nd November 2017)…

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Accessibility for disabled people on public transport

A government consultation on improving accessibility for disabled people on public transport hs been launched by the United Kingdom government. A Transport System that is open for everyone was published by the Department for Transport on August 24th, 2017, with 21 organisations contributing to it, including Scope, the Spinal Injuries Association, the Mental Health Action Group and Age UK. The…

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