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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Learning disability | The Guardian</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability</link> <description>Latest news and features from theguardian.com, the world's leading liberal voice</description> <language>en-gb</language> <copyright>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</copyright> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:09:21 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2024-04-28T18:09:21Z</dc:date> <dc:language>en-gb</dc:language> <dc:rights>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</dc:rights> <image> <title>The Guardian</title> <url>https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/guardian-logo-rss.c45beb1bafa34b347ac333af2e6fe23f.png</url> <link>https://www.theguardian.com</link> </image> <item> <title>Play with cast of disabled and autistic actors to open at London’s Royal Court</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/22/play-with-cast-of-disabled-and-autistic-actors-to-open-at-londons-royal-court</link> <description><p>Imposter 22 will run for three weeks at renowned Sloane Square theatre and comes after series of workshops</p><p>A play performed by a professional cast of learning disabled and autistic actors is to open at one of London’s leading theatres this weekend in a significant landmark for the arts sector.</p><p>Imposter 22, a darkly comic whodunnit, will run for three weeks on the main stage of the Royal Court in Sloane Square. The play, by Molly Davies, has been five years in the making.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/22/play-with-cast-of-disabled-and-autistic-actors-to-open-at-londons-royal-court">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/royal-court-theatre">Royal Court theatre</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/london">London</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/stage">Stage</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/autism">Autism</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 05:00:10 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/sep/22/play-with-cast-of-disabled-and-autistic-actors-to-open-at-londons-royal-court</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f3e0ca05632525d08edf5aa04002e9aaa18c69c4/0_0_2000_1200/master/2000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3156efddde724f2a30a19017cfafe75d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Chris Mann</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f3e0ca05632525d08edf5aa04002e9aaa18c69c4/0_0_2000_1200/master/2000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ef9c875bfc2dba415d313fe252ac2a6a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Chris Mann</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-09-22T05:00:10Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Disabled people are receiving degrading treatment in an overstretched NHS | Letter</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/27/disabled-people-are-receiving-degrading-treatment-in-an-overstretched-nhs</link> <description><p><strong>Dan Scorer</strong> of Mencap responds to a report on a survey in which NHS staff said they don’t have enough time for patients</p><p>It’s deeply concerning to hear that frontline NHS staff are feeling “moral distress” from having too little time to spend with their patients (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/24/most-nhs-staff-say-they-dont-have-enough-time-to-spend-with-patients" title="">Most NHS staff say they don’t have enough time to spend with patients, 24 July</a>). It creates a worrying picture for people with a learning disability, who often need extra time for appointments and already struggle to access basic healthcare.</p><p>Our helpline regularly receives calls from families seriously worried about quality of care and feeling they need to be there to advocate for their loved one. We hear stories of people being left in incontinence pads rather than being supported to go to the toilet, or having medication and care plans changed without clear explanation. We know that people on specialised diets have been fed the wrong food, sometimes with tragic consequences that could have been avoidable if time was spent reading their hospital notes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/27/disabled-people-are-receiving-degrading-treatment-in-an-overstretched-nhs">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/nhs">NHS</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/doctors">Doctors</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/nursing">Nursing</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/hospitals">Hospitals</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:34:59 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/27/disabled-people-are-receiving-degrading-treatment-in-an-overstretched-nhs</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ad6889de99a16dee96a00df71ad106944e7a0d84/0_4_5121_3073/master/5121.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=cddb09c9751b1258e7c65bb5f2f57a61"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: ER Productions Limited/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ad6889de99a16dee96a00df71ad106944e7a0d84/0_4_5121_3073/master/5121.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=734235f3307b812a3670659ff69fa303"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: ER Productions Limited/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian Staff</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-07-27T17:34:59Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The distressing reality of ‘care’ for disabled young people | Letters</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/26/the-distressing-reality-of-care-for-disabled-young-people</link> <description><p>Readers express their anger at the abuse of vulnerable people in care settings highlighted in an article by John Harris</p><p>I was both saddened and enraged to read John Harris’s article about the continuing abuse and torture of people with learning disabilities and autism (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/24/learning-disabled-autistic-neglect-uk-institutional-abuse" title="">Learning-disabled and autistic people are being neglected and tortured. How much longer?, 24 April</a>). When will we realise that human services are not suitable fodder for money-making, shareholder-favouring companies? Although the fact that similar abuses have occurred in NHS systems in the past suggests other factors are at play.</p><p>The <a href="https://exhibits.stanford.edu/spe/about/philip-g-zimbardo" title="">Zimbardo prison experiment</a> at Stanford University in the early 1970s showed how quickly people can fall into controlling or submissive roles if they do not have positive management and role models available, and if nobody dares blow the whistle. There are excellent services in some parts of the UK, with individualised support for people, but they are under constant pressure to cut costs.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/26/the-distressing-reality-of-care-for-disabled-young-people">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/social-care">Social care</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/children">Children</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/autism">Autism</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/conservatives">Conservatives</category> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:58:21 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/26/the-distressing-reality-of-care-for-disabled-young-people</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e8d3b033a4d23416b7b3f973877e46a65e68a123/0_164_5184_3110/master/5184.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2cfbce775f9f494b6d83f00b22dae032"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Federherz/Getty Images/iStockphoto</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e8d3b033a4d23416b7b3f973877e46a65e68a123/0_164_5184_3110/master/5184.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=dc4066474627a6c66dfa599bc2e538ed"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Federherz/Getty Images/iStockphoto</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian Staff</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-04-26T16:58:21Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Learning-disabled and autistic people are being neglected and tortured. How much longer? | John Harris</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/24/learning-disabled-autistic-neglect-uk-institutional-abuse</link> <description><p>Across the UK, revelations of institutional abuse keep mounting up, yet people are still being denied basic respect</p><p></p><p></p><p>Imagine a chain of scandals focused on a huge number of very vulnerable and fragile people. Picture a horrific mixture of mistreatment and neglect that is institutional, subjecting hundreds of people to completely the wrong “care”, and ensuring that many of them are effectively locked up, often for years. Then add an element that is even more horrific: seemingly endless acts of violence and torture.</p><p>Now think about the prospect of such stories piling up: by rights, you would expect some kind of tipping point. But in this case, the sheer number of scandals seems to somehow normalise them, so that even some of the most awful remain overlooked, even among people who think of themselves as progressive and socially concerned. We think we care, but our concern and empathy fall woefully short.</p><p>John Harris is a Guardian columnist</p><p><em><strong>Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tone/letters"> letters</a> section, please <a href="mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20with%20your%20letter%20below.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author%27s%20name%20and%20city/town/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20where%20necessary.">click here</a>.</strong></em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/24/learning-disabled-autistic-neglect-uk-institutional-abuse">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/social-care">Social care</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/care-workers">Care workers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/children">Children</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/autism">Autism</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:00:03 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/24/learning-disabled-autistic-neglect-uk-institutional-abuse</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c98572b849265302dd659a0a4413a5eca508383e/0_0_2560_1536/master/2560.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=561a51e3dacf70e75d96aa180119b342"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Illustration: R Fresson/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c98572b849265302dd659a0a4413a5eca508383e/0_0_2560_1536/master/2560.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2c46af5551b08477adeeb41a8ed46788"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Illustration: R Fresson/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>John Harris</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-04-24T07:00:03Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The Auriol Grey case exposes Britain’s obsession with prison | Letters</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/30/the-auriol-grey-case-exposes-britains-obsession-with-prison</link> <description><p>Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article on a justice system stuck in the dark ages</p><p>Simon Jenkins points out the inappropriateness of the custodial sentence handed down to Auriol Grey (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/28/prisons-uk-justice-jail-sentences-penal-system" title="">A tragic accident should not have landed Auriol Grey in prison. The UK justice system is stuck in the dark ages, 28 March</a>). That Grey should have been held solely responsible for the death of a cyclist using the pavement is a travesty of justice. Grey was visually and cognitively impaired and, as a consequence, only dimly perceived a threat and overreacted to a fear for her own safety. That the judge failed to understand those mitigating circumstances is regrettable.</p><p>The local authority was unable to ascertain whether the walkway was a shared facility for pedestrians and cyclists. But even if it had been a shared-use path, there is a duty on both parties to use it safely. When the Department for Transport first proposed the introduction of shared-use paths, blind and visually impaired people made strenuous objections. The first involved signage: a visually impaired or blind person would not be able to see this. The second involved the acceptance that a cyclist was effectively silent, so a blind person could not determine a cyclist’s approach.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/30/the-auriol-grey-case-exposes-britains-obsession-with-prison">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/prisons-and-probation">Prisons and probation</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/law/criminal-justice">UK criminal justice</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/law/law">Law</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/communities">Communities</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/blindness">Blindness and visual impairment</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/cycling">Cycling</category> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:05:14 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/30/the-auriol-grey-case-exposes-britains-obsession-with-prison</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b7c7e609cd9656746b9f0086f26a483173e0b325/0_149_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e4e857a2be8ca1370aa479e991799513"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b7c7e609cd9656746b9f0086f26a483173e0b325/0_149_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=245d3e7b2bdd06140c532e85066a9a57"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator /> <dc:date>2023-03-30T17:05:14Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Thousands with learning disabilities trapped in hospital, some for years</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/14/thousands-learning-disabilities-trapped-long-stay-hospitals</link> <description><p>Report has inspired a Birmingham exhibition from street artist Foka Wolf titled Why are we stuck in hospital?</p><p>Thousands of people with learning disabilities are stuck in long-stay hospitals because of a lack of psychological support and overly complicated treatment systems, according to research.</p><p><a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2023/why-are-we-stuck-in-hospital-research">The report</a> from the University of Birmingham and rights-based organisation <a href="https://changingourlives.org/">Changing Our Lives </a>has been released in conjunction with an exhibition from the subversive street artist Foka Wolf titled Why are we stuck in hospital?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/14/thousands-learning-disabilities-trapped-long-stay-hospitals">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/health">Health</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/hospitals">Hospitals</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:00:44 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/14/thousands-learning-disabilities-trapped-long-stay-hospitals</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0000a8c70b093ac565f18cf0c5c7a76c2573d3e8/0_25_5093_3055/master/5093.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0bf4bc2b53b7d12b572de0577cb5cc54"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Ikon</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0000a8c70b093ac565f18cf0c5c7a76c2573d3e8/0_25_5093_3055/master/5093.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=bbb10b0a4d41fd3fb60e3e60172ae8ea"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Ikon</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-03-14T10:00:44Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Jill Norris obituary</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/01/jill-norris-obituary</link> <description><p>In 1967, my mother, Jill Norris, who has died aged 96, set up Enfield Toy Library, in north London – the first of its kind in the UK – to provide local children with learning disabilities access to a wide range of educational toys. At the time she had three children under the age of five, two of whom had disabilities. In 1972 the growing network that she had founded was registered as a national charity, the Toy Libraries Association.</p><p>Jill was born in London, the youngest of four children of Doris (nee Siepmann) and Percival Waterfield, a senior civil servant. She was at school during the second world war at Cheltenham Ladies’ college and won an exhibition in history to Oxford, where she studied PPE – philosophy, politics and economics – at Lady Margaret Hall.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/01/jill-norris-obituary">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/earlyyearseducation">Early years education</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/charities">Charities</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/london">London</category> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 18:07:57 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/01/jill-norris-obituary</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5a62ca69929385281eff55802039c05ad3f42f9a/0_404_1921_1152/master/1921.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=226879c0e1050a3d3f91bca1d9c3e9be"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: provided by family</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5a62ca69929385281eff55802039c05ad3f42f9a/0_404_1921_1152/master/1921.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ccd645dd5ce4ec3378890c2b3ff664c0"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: provided by family</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Lucy Norris</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-03-01T18:07:57Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>I've stopped saying I 'have autism' - for me, being autistic is brilliant, not a burden | Nick Ransom</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/06/autism-autistic-positive-neurodiversity</link> <description><p>I want the language I use to describe myself to celebrate all the things my neurological difference has given me</p><p>• Nick Ransom is a journalist and founder of the Neurodiverse Media Community</p><p>I don’t see being autistic as “having” a disorder. Instead, I look at it as a very <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/15/autistic-scholar-temple-grandin-the-education-system-is-screening-out-visual-thinkers">positive thing</a>. From a young age, it has helped me direct a laser-like focus on achieving my goals. My obsessive mindset and lack of real motivation to socialise accelerated my career in a way that would not have been possible if I had other interests. Achieving my ambitions would have been so much harder if I had not been autistic.</p><p>But there is an increasing tendency to use language that demonises this neurological difference. Phrases such as “Nick has autism” or “Nick’s autism” make me cringe as they suggest an ailment that controls and burdens, which feeds into a narrative of struggle, disability and a lack of agency.</p><p>Nick Ransom is a journalist and founder of the Neurodiverse Media Community</p><p><em><strong>Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tone/letters"> letters</a> section, please <a href="mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name%20and%20phone%20number%20with%20your%20letter%20below.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author%27s%20name%20and%20city/town/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20where%20necessary.">click here</a>.</strong></em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/06/autism-autistic-positive-neurodiversity">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/autism">Autism</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/money/work-and-careers">Work & careers</category> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 08:00:15 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/06/autism-autistic-positive-neurodiversity</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/62e5d7baeca3feee8fb646ec9fbeb5b84b9d9013/0_164_6093_3654/master/6093.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=997a6ae4961c90717c7947dca5fabee6"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/62e5d7baeca3feee8fb646ec9fbeb5b84b9d9013/0_164_6093_3654/master/6093.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=caf26d398654243b381f120f3e2ba0fd"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Nick Ransom</dc:creator> <dc:date>2023-02-06T08:00:15Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>‘We bring something fresh’: the theatre companies exploding myths about disability</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/dec/02/we-bring-something-fresh-the-theatre-companies-exploding-myths-about-disability</link> <description><p>Not Your Circus Dog’s new show is a riotous upending of audiences’ preconceptions of disability and neurodivergence. It joins a swelling movement of similar collectives rewriting the stage rulebook</p><p>In late 2015, the performer Emma Selwyn was working in a call centre. It was, she says, a “steady job”, if not a particularly fulfilling one. In fact, she had thoughts of quitting, tempted by the prospect of a diploma for learning disabled and autistic artists. In the end, the decision was taken out of her hands: she was let go while still on her probation, so signed up for the diploma.</p><p>It was a series of events she looks back on as a “blessing in disguise”. “In my mind, it was like, ‘What else is there? What have I got to lose now?’” she says. “I went along to one of the auditions and I don’t think I’ve ever really looked back.” For Selwyn, doing the course was “nothing short of transformative”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/dec/02/we-bring-something-fresh-the-theatre-companies-exploding-myths-about-disability">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/stage">Stage</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatre">Theatre</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/deafness">Deafness and hearing loss</category> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:00:18 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/dec/02/we-bring-something-fresh-the-theatre-companies-exploding-myths-about-disability</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/184761cfd3b9711ac4fc873b943d179e07179cd5/221_374_4584_2750/master/4584.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fb4fcf76159f6d248223334801a45c9b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mihaela Bodlovic</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/184761cfd3b9711ac4fc873b943d179e07179cd5/221_374_4584_2750/master/4584.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=377a50fdd55db06ac1076d65cd426e56"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Mihaela Bodlovic</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Ella Braidwood</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-12-02T14:00:18Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>ADHD in adults is too often undiagnosed and misunderstood | Letter</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/29/adhd-in-adults-is-too-often-undiagnosed-and-misunderstood</link> <description><p><strong>Linda Saltwell </strong>of ADHD Aware says many people realise they need a referral only when they trip over information themselves</p><p>It was very moving to see the relief of Nadia Sawalha as she described being finally diagnosed with ADHD (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/24/nadia-sawalha-reveals-she-has-been-diagnosed-with-adhd" title="">Nadia Sawalha reveals she has been diagnosed with ADHD in late 50s, 24 November</a>).</p><p>I write as co-chair of ADHD Aware, a national peer support charity for adults impacted by ADHD, based in Brighton and Hove. We see this situation over and over in adults who have had disappointing school experiences and bewildered families all navigating the world of this vastly undiagnosed condition. This is particularly the case for women.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/29/adhd-in-adults-is-too-often-undiagnosed-and-misunderstood">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder">Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/health">Health</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/women">Women</category> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:03:20 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/29/adhd-in-adults-is-too-often-undiagnosed-and-misunderstood</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3a3ba00342bce70988645b72f6209ce7c00cfa97/0_151_4487_2691/master/4487.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e5f50ca8b269cf4f0de3b34ba13c01b4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3a3ba00342bce70988645b72f6209ce7c00cfa97/0_151_4487_2691/master/4487.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a1d435915495f304f4e01a3ea1046ec7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian Staff</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-11-29T18:03:20Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Disabled care home residents evicted in charity’s dispute with councils</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/25/disabled-care-home-residents-evicted-in-charitys-dispute-with-councils</link> <description><p>Exclusive: Leonard Cheshire says it can no longer afford to subsidise care services inadequately funded by councils</p><p>Severely disabled care home residents are being evicted in a series of disputes between one of the UK’s best-known care charities and a number of local authorities that the charity has accused of refusing to meet the soaring costs of care.</p><p>In the latest sign of the UK’s deepening social care crisis, <a href="https://www.leonardcheshire.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA4OybBhCzARIsAIcfn9kEnNQb7Eo-6btGDZ8xSHDNxvsKlB62MGycYezdee9ptAaHLpQro0AaAkWCEALw_wcB">Leonard Cheshire</a> said it had taken the drastic step of evicting vulnerable residents with complex disabilities because council funders had refused to meet fee increases that reflected the rising costs of wages, energy and food.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/25/disabled-care-home-residents-evicted-in-charitys-dispute-with-councils">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/social-care">Social care</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/localgovernment">Local government</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/charities">Charities</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 18:00:03 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/25/disabled-care-home-residents-evicted-in-charitys-dispute-with-councils</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1a01b6f015fd067619db5881f5054c3c52617e67/0_45_604_362/master/604.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c8dee2e9c969637d162f2453ff0313ec"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Supplied</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1a01b6f015fd067619db5881f5054c3c52617e67/0_45_604_362/master/604.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0e9905a08c6dc0a6f5c8f933f7e870db"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Supplied</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Patrick Butler Social policy editor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-11-25T18:00:03Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Health staff in England to be trained on learning disability and autism</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/01/health-staff-in-england-to-be-trained-on-learning-disability-and-autism</link> <description><p>Mandatory programme named after Oliver McGowan, whose mother led a campaign after his death in 2016</p><p>Mandatory training for health and care staff in England to support people with a learning disability and autistic people has been launched following a grieving mother’s four-year campaign.</p><p>Paula McGowan’s 18-year-old son, Oliver, who had a mild learning disability and autism, died after doctors “arrogantly” gave him antipsychotic medication despite his family’s warnings that they were unsuitable.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/01/health-staff-in-england-to-be-trained-on-learning-disability-and-autism">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/nhs">NHS</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/autism">Autism</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/health">Health</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/england">England</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/stephen-barclay">Steve Barclay</category> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:53:23 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/01/health-staff-in-england-to-be-trained-on-learning-disability-and-autism</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2349e9f1c3e2440aec017a1b209a3831731851fa/0_250_2503_1502/master/2503.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f6947a15f8fa1a606351b0ef1be33c15"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2349e9f1c3e2440aec017a1b209a3831731851fa/0_250_2503_1502/master/2503.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=545d370a0dd5b9cfa43abde95ce30c74"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Steven Morris</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-11-01T12:53:23Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Let’s put rancour aside as the euphemism treadmill rolls on | Letter</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/26/lets-put-rancour-aside-as-the-euphemism-treadmill-rolls-on</link> <description><p><strong>Matthew Belmonte</strong> on NHS Digital’s use of an outdated and offensive term for people with learning disabilities</p><p>The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/05/opinion/the-game-of-the-name.html">euphemism treadmill</a> strikes again as NHS Digital is criticised for the use of “mental retardation” as a category in statistics it compiles (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/18/insulting-shock-as-nhs-uses-offensive-term-for-people-with-learning-disability">‘Insulting’: shock as NHS uses offensive term for people with learning disability, 18 October</a>). Understanding the disjunction between innocuous intent and offensive perceptions of the term “mentally retarded” demands a look through history.</p><p>Denotationally, the term refers to the empirical fact that, in such individuals, cognitive development has proceeded to less than a typical degree or at less than a typical pace. This denotational truth implies no devaluation of the individuals so labelled (a population that includes family members of mine). In fact, “mentally retarded” at its inception was promoted as a beneficent replacement for its predecessors – “feeble-minded”, “idiot”, “imbecile” and “moron” – each of which in turn had begun as no pejorative but later came to reflect offensive popular prejudices. Thus this very same argument over offensive connotations of words was <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/7796">playing out a century ago</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/26/lets-put-rancour-aside-as-the-euphemism-treadmill-rolls-on">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/linguistics">Linguistics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/science/language">Language</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/nhs">NHS</category> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:50:36 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/26/lets-put-rancour-aside-as-the-euphemism-treadmill-rolls-on</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a691d6d4d604dd0db4911d37d79638ee34d014d6/493_551_6628_3976/master/6628.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4864d51dd6653380638b6b570c418ad8"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: sturti/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a691d6d4d604dd0db4911d37d79638ee34d014d6/493_551_6628_3976/master/6628.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b44445d44b05afb85b38efac5c8a774a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: sturti/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Letters</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-10-26T16:50:36Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>‘Insulting’: shock as NHS uses offensive term for people with learning disability</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/18/insulting-shock-as-nhs-uses-offensive-term-for-people-with-learning-disability</link> <description><p>Category of ‘mental retardation’ in NHS Digital’s annual statistics demeans patients, campaigners say </p><p>The NHS has been criticised for using outdated and offensive terminology in its official statistics when describing people with intellectual disabilities.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes annual statistics that record <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2021-22">all admissions, appointments and attendances</a> for all patients at NHS hospitals across England and is broken down by specific diagnostic categories.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/18/insulting-shock-as-nhs-uses-offensive-term-for-people-with-learning-disability">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/nhs">NHS</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/hospitals">Hospitals</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/health">Health</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world-health-organization">World Health Organization</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/england">England</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/charities">Charities</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:34:54 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/18/insulting-shock-as-nhs-uses-offensive-term-for-people-with-learning-disability</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9eac46cbcd96a11aa85121a0e634fb8d43a88a5b/0_200_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=17578478983e81dc196766d827c588a1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PA Images/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9eac46cbcd96a11aa85121a0e634fb8d43a88a5b/0_200_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ec862e776feec173e01e65a239d971b0"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PA Images/Alamy</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Tobi Thomas</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-10-18T13:34:54Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Thank you for giving a voice to people with learning disabilities | Letters</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/commentisfree/2022/aug/28/letters-thank-you-for-giving-a-voice-to-people-with-learning-disabilities</link> <description>The parents of a young woman who died prematurely reveal how she – and many others – have been treated as second-class citizens<p>We thank Sonia Sodha for her admirable article on adults with learning disabilities (“<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/21/the-worst-of-covid-is-over-for-most-of-us-but-it-still-lingers-for-those-with-learning-disabilities" title="">The worst of Covid is over for most of us, but it still lingers for those with learning disabilities</a>”, Comment). We agree wholeheartedly with her conclusion about their treatment as second-class citizens. She refers to the excessive Covid mortality rate, but premature deaths have occurred for years. The recently published 2021 <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/2021-leder-report-into-the-avoidable-deaths-of-people-with-learning-disabilities" title="">learning disabilities mortality</a> report finds 49% of deaths were rated as “avoidable” for people with a learning disability. This compares with 22% for the general population.</p><p>Our beloved daughter Juliet, born with Cornelia de Lange syndrome, died suddenly in 2020, aged 25, and she is one of those statistics. She died because of misdiagnoses and systemic failings in our local A&amp;E department. A coroner’s inquest concluded that neglect contributed to her death and he issued a prevention of future deaths notice. Our MP, Sam Tarry, wrote an excellent letter to the Department for Health and Social Care asking it to address this and other serious concerns. The eventual reply ignored the mortality rate, concentrating on the England rare diseases action plan. This has just one reference to learning disabilities.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/commentisfree/2022/aug/28/letters-thank-you-for-giving-a-voice-to-people-with-learning-disabilities">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/nhs">NHS</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/health">Health</category> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 05:00:19 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/commentisfree/2022/aug/28/letters-thank-you-for-giving-a-voice-to-people-with-learning-disabilities</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9f83f28da40a0ab00451e141e77500d9e4ef42fa/0_311_2592_1555/master/2592.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=25ac36cd235578374c2e3f29d6c5b749"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Family Photo</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9f83f28da40a0ab00451e141e77500d9e4ef42fa/0_311_2592_1555/master/2592.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ce493a10d3d82c6ac64ad51dfa6810f8"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Family Photo</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian Staff</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-08-28T05:00:19Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The worst of Covid is over for most of us, but it still lingers for those with learning disabilities | Sonia Sodha</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/21/the-worst-of-covid-is-over-for-most-of-us-but-it-still-lingers-for-those-with-learning-disabilities</link> <description>A mother has revealed the needless suffering caused by delayed jabs and broken pledges<p>The pandemic may not be over, but vaccinations have returned life to normal for most of us. The <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-56526587" title="">rule of six</a> and support bubbles are but hazy memories, which makes it easy to forget that Covid continues to have a profound impact on some people’s lives.</p><p>There are <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11040977/Care-home-Covid-rules-stopping-family-visits-campaigners-warn.html" title="">reports</a> of care homes still using the pandemic to restrict visiting, despite government guidance having changed months ago. Some immunosuppressed people are still <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2022-08-05/im-in-prison-but-you-cant-see-the-bars-those-still-stuck-in-covid-isolation" title="">shielding at home</a>, because vaccines offer them insufficient protection.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/21/the-worst-of-covid-is-over-for-most-of-us-but-it-still-lingers-for-those-with-learning-disabilities">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/nhs">NHS</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/health">Health</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak">Coronavirus</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/21/the-worst-of-covid-is-over-for-most-of-us-but-it-still-lingers-for-those-with-learning-disabilities</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a91ec353cb96aa4fefb0a835e0526b8012257187/0_643_2316_1390/master/2316.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e9a033b4876caa4bb0dfff6fd7cfef21"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: courtesy of Nicky Clark</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a91ec353cb96aa4fefb0a835e0526b8012257187/0_643_2316_1390/master/2316.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=56f49754a96c908cce7f8cd73da9e750"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: courtesy of Nicky Clark</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Sonia Sodha</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-08-21T05:30:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Halt shift to universal credit to protect vulnerable Britons, charities demand</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/may/07/halt-shift-to-universal-credit-to-protect-vulnerable-britons-charities-demand</link> <description><p>Open letter to work and pensions secretary Thérèse Coffey calls for suspension of ‘managed migration’ from other benefits</p><p>Ministers are facing calls to immediately halt a plan to begin shifting millions of people on to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/universal-credit" title="">universal credit</a>, amid serious concerns that it risks “pushing many of them into destitution”.</p><p>Some of the country’s most prominent charities have made a joint plea to the government to halt the migration of claimants from the old benefits system to the new system, warning that vulnerable people will be given a three-month deadline to make a new claim or risk losing their current benefits.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/may/07/halt-shift-to-universal-credit-to-protect-vulnerable-britons-charities-demand">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/universal-credit">Universal credit</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/benefits">Benefits</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/mental-health">Mental health</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/homelessness">Homelessness</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/money/taxcredits">Tax credits</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/money/statebenefits">State benefits</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/socialexclusion">Social exclusion</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/poverty">Poverty</category> <pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 21:00:10 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/may/07/halt-shift-to-universal-credit-to-protect-vulnerable-britons-charities-demand</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/90172fe6f44d88e93dab2ea89f9d8ccc655493be/0_37_4771_2862/master/4771.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=048afdbde9e79530416b0ec9d06b6477"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/90172fe6f44d88e93dab2ea89f9d8ccc655493be/0_37_4771_2862/master/4771.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=76c255f8d02d77f5935e0ca91e31365a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Michael Savage Policy Editor</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-05-07T21:00:10Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>‘Antiquated’ mental health laws in England and Wales set for overhaul</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/06/antiquated-mental-health-laws-in-england-and-wales-set-for-overhaul</link> <description><p>Mental health bill aims to limit detentions of autistic people and those with learning disabilities</p><p>An overhaul of what Boris Johnson described as “antiquated” mental health laws will make it harder to detain people with learning disabilities and autistic people in hospital.</p><p>The reforms – which will be part of the Queen’s speech next week and are the first big changes to the Mental Health Act in four decades – are designed to reduce the number of people being detained under current laws in England and Wales. The number of detentions rose by 40% between 2005-06 and 2015-16 and have continued to rise year on year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/06/antiquated-mental-health-laws-in-england-and-wales-set-for-overhaul">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/health">Health policy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/mental-health">Mental health</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/queens-speech">Queen's speech</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/health">Health</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/politics">Politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/autism">Autism</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 21:30:14 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/06/antiquated-mental-health-laws-in-england-and-wales-set-for-overhaul</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f5d249ef92785e386551d0fd20718d67548a0810/0_103_5616_3371/master/5616.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2dabfa495924a68e1d1042b70c2eba6e"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f5d249ef92785e386551d0fd20718d67548a0810/0_103_5616_3371/master/5616.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=8262bacec5ef717d3714797561b9edec"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Ben Quinn</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-05-06T21:30:14Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>‘The job means a lot’: the scheme helping Send school leavers find work</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/mar/28/the-job-means-a-lot-the-scheme-helping-send-school-leavers-find-work</link> <description><p>An award-winning school in Essex aims to help improve job prospects of pupils with special needs</p><p>Liam, 18, who has learning disabilities, had always been told by family members that he would never find work. It was upsetting to hear but, with <a href="https://www.base-uk.org/employment-rates">95% of people with learning disabilities</a> unemployed, not an unreasonable assumption. When he secured a job planting trees for a conservation project, he was so happy he burst into tears.</p><p>Liam got his job thanks to an unusual training and employment scheme set up by an award-winning special educational needs and disabilities (Send) school, Market Field in Elmstead, Essex. The scheme seeks to address the woeful employment prospects for the school’s graduates. Autistic people and people with ADHD and learning disabilities struggle to find work throughout the UK, but especially so in deprived rural areas such as east Essex.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/mar/28/the-job-means-a-lot-the-scheme-helping-send-school-leavers-find-work">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/specialeducationneeds">Special educational needs</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/money/work-and-careers">Work & careers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/education">Education</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/money/money">Money</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/essex">Essex</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/education/schools">Schools</category> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:00:47 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/mar/28/the-job-means-a-lot-the-scheme-helping-send-school-leavers-find-work</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/935923cee3b239bf22b7d5ae272f691558b2ff7f/0_173_6571_3943/master/6571.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=00af9811303ab4947483f564376ec192"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/935923cee3b239bf22b7d5ae272f691558b2ff7f/0_173_6571_3943/master/6571.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=dc93c950b045d2eae48986ef465daee7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Rachel Hall</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-03-28T06:00:47Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Marvellous review – Neil Baldwin’s life story gets more amazing</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/mar/16/marvellous-review-neil-baldwin-life-story-gets-more-amazing</link> <description><p><strong>New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme<br></strong>Seven actors portray the charming friend to archbishops and circus stars in this freewheeling show</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/mar/12/i-like-all-of-it-neil-baldwin-staffordshire-local-hero-on-a-new-play-about-his-remarkable-life">improbable story of Neil Baldwin</a> gets more improbable still. Who else among us could expect to spend their 76th birthday watching their life played out at the local theatre? Yet here Baldwin is at the New Vic, graciously waving from the top row as the actors take their bows.</p><p>And that’s actors in the plural – it takes seven of them to stage this extraordinary tale, all taking on the role of a man who, through some combination of charm and positive thinking, has befriended everyone from circus legend <a href="http://www.circopedia.org/Charlie_Cairoli">Charlie Cairoli</a> to the Archbishop of Canterbury.</p><p>At the <a href="https://www.newvictheatre.org.uk/productions/marvellous-3/">New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme</a>, until 9 April.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/mar/16/marvellous-review-neil-baldwin-life-story-gets-more-amazing">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatre">Theatre</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/stage">Stage</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/stokecity">Stoke City</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/learningdisability">Learning disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/disability">Disability</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/society/society">Society</category> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:45:03 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/mar/16/marvellous-review-neil-baldwin-life-story-gets-more-amazing</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/598afdf7bd3830eb57375e02dd744ea3e568e3eb/0_479_8192_4918/master/8192.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fae2f18ec2c874b53460a6c245e07853"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/598afdf7bd3830eb57375e02dd744ea3e568e3eb/0_479_8192_4918/master/8192.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=30e1368481a69623554c59be0b213de1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Mark Fisher</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-03-16T10:45:03Z</dc:date> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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