The NHS Alliance has said that soaring costs associated with the rise in ADHD and autism are running out of control. They are ...

Learning to Listen to People with Intellectual Disabilities who are Non-Speaking by Beverley Samways. The book explores how ...

The Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA) has announced the finalists in its international photography competition for people who have Down’s syndrome.

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There has been a surge in demand for occupational therapy, driven by an increase in people with multiple and complex health conditions, according to new research from the Royal College of Occupational ...

The National Autistic Society (NAS) has hit back at comments made today by Nigel Farage, MP and Leader of Reform UK, after he claimed that doctors are “massively over-diagnosing” children with special ...

New reforms to the Mental Health Act will ensure that people with a learning disability and autistic people with no co-occurring mental health conditions can only be detained for up to 28 days. The ...

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 way, despite the sensory ...

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has advocated repealing the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), a legal requirement in Great Britain that obligates public authorities to consider the needs of ...

The majority of autistic adults aged over 40 remain undiagnosed, with the numbers even higher in the over-60 population, according to new research from King’s College London. In the largest review of ...

Disability charities have welcomed findings from an independent review, led by former Health Minister Alan Milburn, which recognises the failure of government and employers to remove the barriers that ...

The role of unpaid carers has been recognised by the Government in a new action plan that includes measures to help carers reach their potential in education or work. Nearly one in 10 people in ...