People Working With Learning Disability News
NHS accused over deaths of disabled patients - 4 Jan 2012
Mencap inquiry finds institutional discrimination against people with learning disabilities led to at least 74 deaths The NHS is accused of causing or contributing to the deaths of at least 74 patients with a learning disability because of poor care that reveals enduring "institutional discrimination" among doctors and nurses. The 74 vulnerable patients' deaths over the past decade were either ...
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NHS disabled patient deaths: 'She went weeks without pain relief' - 4 Jan 2012
Wendy Foster recalls the agonies endured by her sister-in-law Carole, whose death could have been avoided, according to the NHS ombudsman Carole Foster was diagnosed with mild learning disabilities when she was three. She could read but only write if she was copying what someone else had written. At 18 she was found to have bipolar disorder and sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Thanks to ...
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'Appalling neglect': how NHS let down the most vulnerable - 4 Jan 2012
Mencap says deaths of at least 74 patients with learning disabilities were linked to institutional discrimination Lisa Sharpe was healthy at birth but at four and a half months old she became floppy and went into a coma. It left her severely brain damaged as a result of Reye's syndrome, which damaged 90% of her brain, with cerebral palsy and epilepsy. After that she was unable to move ...
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Private school offers an individualized approach to learning disabilities - 3 Jan 2012
By Ashley Ames Democrat staff writer -- There is a way to turn a learning disability around.
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Incident prompts seminar about hate crimes and bullying - 3 Jan 2012
An ugly incident last spring in Elmwood helped spark a conference next week aimed at educating people about hate crimes and bullying.
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Berry takes look back as final Senate year begins - 2 Jan 2012
BOSTON — State Senate Majority Leader Fred Berry, D-Peabody, never set out to be a flag-bearer for causes benefiting the underprivileged and he says he’s somewhat uncomfortable when people describe him as that alone.
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Disability charities given £700,000 - 2 Jan 2012
Charities working with disabled people and their carers are to receive almost £700,000 in Scottish Government funding. The money will go to 18 organisations which help people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health issues, dementia and sensory impairments.
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MBEs for disability sport workers - 30 Dec 2011
Two disability sport ambassadors are appointed MBEs in the New Year Honours
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Bill may threaten jobs for people with disabilities - 14 Dec 2011
A proposal in Congress could end the way organizations like Life Skills Training Center offer vocational and employment training for people with disabilities.
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One fifth of Welsh working age population now registered as disabled - 7 Dec 2011
CHARITIES have called for more support for Welsh people with disabilities as startling figures showed a fifth of the nation’s working age population is disabled.
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Additional Resources
Mencap - the Learning Disability Charity
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Pictures of Famous People With Learning Disabilities
We tend to assume that all famous people have it easy, and all the successful people had to work hard; ... Pictures of Famous People with Learning Disabilities: ...
Working With People With Learning Disabilities: Theory and ...
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British Institute of Learning Disabilities - All about people
Positive behaviour support approaches have become established as the preferred approach when working with people with learning disabilities ... work for, and the people ...
Strategies for Working with People who have Disabilities
Working with People who have Disabilities ... Examples of accommodations for people who have learning disabilities include audiotaped instructions; ...
Working with elderly carers of people with learning disabilities ...
Jane Hubert and Sheila Hollins; Jane Hubert is Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology in the Department of ...
Working with people with learning disabilities :
Working with People with Learning Disabilities: Theory and ... The authors of this guide bring together the relevant theory for social workers, nurses, teachers and ...
Depression in People with Learning Disability
... Readable and research based information on depression in people with learning disability from ... training in working with people with learning disability to ...
Working with People with Learning Disabilities: Theory and ...
Alibris has Working with People with Learning Disabilities: Theory and Practice and other books by David Thomas, III (Editor), Honor Woods (Editor), including new ...
Seeking consent: working with people with learning disabilities ...
Aimed at those involved in the treatment or care of people with learning disabilities, this DH booklet provides legal and best practice guidance on seeking consent ...
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