The new Mental Health Act has received Royal Assent, meaning it is now law. This provides the legal framework to detain and ...

The Government's additional £3 billion in funding for new specialist SEND places in mainstream schools has been met with ...

A new study has found that people with a learning disability who have epilepsy face a greater threat of dying younger than ...

LeDeR is withdrawing its 2023 annual report and an updated version will be published in January 2026 due to a technical issue within the data supplied by the South Central and West Commissioning ...

A new report from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission found that support for children with SEND who are out of school or ...

Disabled people are significantly more likely to report feeling lonely, than the general population, with findings showing that two in five of people living with disabilities experience loneliness, ...

Nearly half of UK websites risk excluding visitors with disabilities because they need accessibility improvements, according to new research. The State of Accessibility Report analysed Google’s ...

One quarter of disabled and elderly people say they avoid using the public transport system in the UK due to accessibility issues, according to a new survey. The research, conducted by Oak Tree ...

The Government has announced an independent review to understand the prevalence, trends and inequalities associated with mental health conditions, ADHD and autism. It will examine the factors behind ...

The newly formed All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Access to Disability Equipment have launched a call for evidence, aiming to identify the key barriers preventing people with disabilities from ...

Only 4.8% of people with a learning disability are in paid employment, according to a new report that aims to drive action to prevent ill health, support people to stay in work, and help employers ...

Parent carers of medically complex children or those with disabilities report high levels of exhaustion, poor mental health, and extreme loneliness due to being unable to meet the vital extra caring ...