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

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

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

New reforms to the Mental Health Act will ensure that people with a learning disability and autistic people can only be detained for up to 28 days.

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

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