More than 200,000 people are still waiting for a autism assessment in England, which is a 25% increase in one year, according ...

Recorded on 13th November 2024 and hosted by Richard Mears, Regional Managing Director at Dimensions. In this webinar, we discuss the challenges faced by young adults transitioning from children’s ...

The Health and Social Care Committee has launched an inquiry looking at who will bear the costs of not reforming adult social care.

This article summarises some key pieces of research in the learning disability and autism field over recent weeks.

A new long-term study to observe and track health data of people with Down syndrome from birth to adulthood has been launched ...

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

Kim Leadbeater MBE, Labour MP for Spen Valley, yesterday published the details of her Private Members’ Bill to legalise ...

The Department of Education has said that special needs and disability (SEND) reform will centre around inclusive mainstream.

The recent inquest into the death of Marina Young – a disabled woman who waited 39 hours in A&E while experiencing an asthma ...

Here, we speak to Julie Pointer, Programme Lead for Children and Young People at NDTi, about the key facets of a good ...

Guideposts Trust has launched a new skills academy with nationally approved Life Skills qualifications aimed specifically at ...

Eight in 10 (81%) councils are on course to overspend adult social care budgets in the current financial year, according to a ...