The National Audit Office (NAO) is examining the extent to which existing services meet the needs of adults with ASD. Inclusion, a research organisation, has been commissioned by the NAO to examine how well the Department for Work and Pension’s benefits and employment support and benefits meet the needs of people with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), and their carers.
20th August 2008
Channel Four Education are looking for young aspiring film-makers to take part in a new series about teenage relationships.
20th August 2008
Firefly Productions is currently producing a documentary for Channel 4 about people with specific learning disabilities who are aspiring to learn to drive. The film is for the Channel 4 documentary series, Cutting Edge.
20th August 2008
£96 million boost to improve healthcare and employment prospects for those with learning disabilities
People with learning disabilities are to benefit from £96million in Government funding that will help provide them with better healthcare, community support and employment prospects, Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis announced today (6 August 2008).
15th August 2008
The Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department of Health have issued joint short breaks implementation guidance to PCTs and local authorities.
1st August 2008
New Pathfinder projects for young people with learning difficulties in South Yorkshire
Speaking Up, an award winning charity for people with learning difficulties, have been awarded £3.2 million by the Department of Children, Schools and Families to provide youth projects that will reach 7,000 young people with disabilities in 9 local authority areas across the UK.
1st August 2008
Progress Report on Department for Transport Disability Equality Scheme 2006-2009
25th July 2008
The Welfare Reform Green Paper published 21 July 2008 announces government proposals to move people off Incapacity Benefit on to either Job Seekers Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance, with the aim of simplifying the benefits system.
22nd July 2008