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In Focus, Summer 2026 – The Family Issue
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (108+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services This edition of LDT In Focus aims to highlight and discuss the issues: That family carers might face... The content you are trying to access is available exclusively…...
RCN publishes recommendations to save learning disability nursing workforce
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (415+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services People with a learning disability are often failing to have their healthcare needs “adequately” met due to a collapsing number of learning disability nurses, according to a report…...
Higher risk of anxiety for autistic middle-aged and older adults
2+ mon, 22+ hour ago (255+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services Middle-aged and older adults with higher autistic traits are four times more likely to report worsening anxiety with age, according to a new study by King’s College London…...
New scheme to strengthen the future of learning disability nursing
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (448+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services A new Learning Disability Nursing Shared Decision-Making Council has been launched by Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust to strengthen the future of learning disability nursing and…...
Fit note changes: Access to Work backlog needs addressing first
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (604+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services The Business Disability Forum has said the Government must address the Access to Work backlog if new plans to overhaul the ‘broken’ fit note system are to succeed....
How a health risk register can improve the lives of people with learning disabilities
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1606+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services A health risk register created by Learning Disability Network London is helping to improve the health, wellbeing, and lives of people with learning disabilities. For most people, illness…...
Charity launches church sensory support kits for autistic people
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (403+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services A new church sensory support pack has been launched by the charity Fledglings to help families of children and individuals with autism attend church services in a meaningful…...
Autism charities call for systemic change to improve the lives of autistic people
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (507+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services Autism charities in the UK have joined forces to call on the Government to invest in a long-term strategy to reform the systems that diagnose and support autistic…...
Mental Health Act: disabled campaigners call for greater co-production
3+ mon, 1+ week 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…...
Autism, motherhood and detention under the Mental Health Act
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (979+ words) Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services Other changes included ending the use of police and prison cells as places of safety, shortening detention times, and increasing involvement from patients, families, and carers. Her story…...