News (Learning Disabilities)

NDTi and the British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) have been awarded a grant by the Department for Education to work together on a new project: ‘Employment is Everyone’s Business’.

So the Bubb report on Winterbourne View is out today. Responses so far have either claimed it provides a really good analysis and framework for going forward, or attacking it, saying it contains no concrete action and is thus a waste of time.

The Health Equalities Framework (HEF) has now been implemented by a number of health and social care organisations across England, as well as some family carer groups.

We are pleased to introduce a guest blog by Neil Crowther who is an independent consultant focusing on the implementation of equality and human rights in the UK and internationally, with a particular interest in the rights of disabled people

How local learning disability communities rate themselves: The Joint Health and Social Care Learning Disability Self-Assessment Framework

Paid work is what most disabled people say they want. Personal budgets are the government’s desired mechanism to achieve change in social care (and increasingly healthcare).

We are pleased to introduce a guest blog on co-production by Siraaj Nadat, a Project Officer at Changing Our Lives.

The Green Light Toolkit to improve mental health services for People with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism was launched by the Department for Health at Learning Disabilities Today in London on 28th November 2013.

I cannot sleep without challenging the views that Rosa Monkton shared with Lorraine Kelly on TV

NDTi has today published interim findings from research into the cost effectiveness of local authority and NHS investment in employment supports for people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems.