Manchester Evening News: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity news [Unofficial]A sanctuary of calm amid the madness - until Nigel Farage turned up
World news | The GuardianRuling removes ‘vital’ UK safeguards for severely disabled people, charities warn https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/05/supreme-court-ruling-severely-disabled-people-deprivation-of-liberty-safeguards #SocialCare #Disability #LearningDisability #Hospitals #Autism #UkSupremeCourt #Dementia #Law #UkNews #Society
Scottish LassSLDO Director leads new study to develop pioneering cancer detection technology
"We know that conventional mammography equipment presents significant technical barriers that unfairly affect women with learning disabilities. To address these challenges, supported by the CRUK Early Detection and Diagnosis Primer Award, we will develop an innovative Smart Bra solution utilising Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) technology"
Such needed work 👏
https://sldo.ac.uk/news/news/sldo-director-leads-new-study-to-develop-pioneering-cancer-detection-technology/
#Cancer #LearningDisability
‘People assume we’re grifters’: disabled Britons report rise in abuse over blue badges https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/disabled-britons-report-rise-in-abuse-blue-badges #Disability #Fibromyalgia #MultipleSclerosis #LearningDisability #Osteoarthritis #Carers #UkNews
Woman kept in ‘Dickensian’ servitude for 25 years speaks out as abuser jailed https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/12/amanda-wixon-jailed-woman-victim-imprisoned-25-years-speaks-out #Crime #ModernSlavery #Gloucestershire #UkNews #England #Women #LearningDisability #Society
'They just wanted a baby brother to play with - now they've got to go through losing him'
Hope for vital service that 'means everything' to families after closure fears
'They want to close it down - but this is my brother's life'
Opinion | The Guardian USNnena Kalu’s triumph for neurodivergent art has rattled a few cages. So let me put those carping critics right | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/14/nnena-kalu-turner-prize-neurodivergent-art #Learningdisability #Turnerprize2025 #Awardsandprizes #Neurodiversity #Artanddesign #Turnerprize #Disability #Culture #Society #Autism #UKnews #Art
Nnena Kalu’s triumph for neurodivergent art has rattled a few cages. So let me put those carping critics right
The artist’s winning Turner prize entry has been hailed for its life and energy, but to some dissenting voices its challenge to the status quo is hard to stomach, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The right’s mental-health overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it | John Harris https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/07/adhd-autism-overdiagnosis-wes-streeting #Attentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder #Specialeducationalneeds #Learningdisability #Neurodiversity #WesStreeting #Mentalhealth #Politics #Society #Autism #Health #UKnews
