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Hi! This is a LOVELY little anecdote for the next time someone tells you to LOSE WEIGHT to manage your pain:

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Sleep disturbances in autistic children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials - Cristina Vargas et al - Autism - 2025 #ASD #AutRes journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Celebrate Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month with Stick ‘n’ Step in March www.birkenhead.news/celebrate-ce...

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New 4×4 to help community nurses in rural area A community nursing team in North Yorkshire has received a new 4x4 vehicle for visiting patients in rural and hard-to-reach areas. #nursing #community #districtnurse #nurses #yorkshire #communitynursing #4x4 #rural www.nursingtimes.net/community-nu...

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More and more adults are wondering if they have autism. These signs could help with a diagnosis

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Nursing Times Awards 2024: Nurse of the Year winner and shortlist Find out more about the winner and shortlisted entries in the Nurse of the Year category at the 2024 Nursing Times Awards. #nursing #NTAwards #nurseoftheyear #nurses #career #health #innovation www.nursingtimes.net/careers/nurs...

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Four years on from the founding of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, @drhnaqvi.bsky.social looks back on the progress made and warns us not to be complacent in tackling #racism www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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WHO poised to renew global nursing and midwifery strategy The leadership of the World Health Organization has signaled its intention to renew a global strategy advising governments across the world on nursing and midwifery. #nursing #midwifery #global #policy www.nursingtimes.net/global-nursi...

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🔍New report from @thekingsfund.bsky.social highlights impact of poor NHS administration. Nearly 2/3 people say they have had a problem with NHS admin in the past year. @jonsparkes.bsky.social Mencap Chief Exec, says: “Poor admin isn't just an inconvenience it actively deepens health inequalities."

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👉Finish the sentence... We would love to know what kindness is from people with a learning disability. Kindness could be considering communication needs for people with a learning disability, learn more here: www.mencap.org.uk/blog/how-com... #RandomActsOfKindnessDay

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Females with ADHD differ in their symptom profile to males with ADHD, highlighting the need for future research to identify and characterise symptoms typical of female ADHD www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Could you be a champion? YES! Will it make a difference? Read my reflections here👇 The DAPPLE project will be blogging every week. So sign up & join the conversation!

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New campaign to halt preventable deaths from constipation #LearningDisabilities

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1/3 ❤️Meet Barry and Betty who found love through Mencap with Barry proposing to Betty last year. #ValentinesDay

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🧵 "People that have the most violence against them is the constant 24/7 presence - it's nurses" Last night, Professor Nicola Ranger appeared on Newsnight with Wes Streeting, highlighting how a lack of staff is driving people in crisis towards hospitals and emergency departments youtu.be/fPh8_xiQg_4

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Young adults with a learning disability are nine times more likely to die from treatable causes compared to those in the general population, according to Glasgow researchers.

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An essential read pre order it today on Amazon out on 5.6.25

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It's important everyone over 14 on their doctor's learning disability register has an annual health check. They can help you stay well and find any problems early. If you haven't been offered one you can ask your doctors practice if you can have one.

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Nursing Times Awards 2024: Learning Disabilities Nursing winner and shortlist Find out more about the winner and shortlisted entries in the Learning Disabilities Nursing category at the 2024 Nursing Times Awards. #nursing #NTAwards #learningdisabilities #nurse www.nursingtimes.net/learning-dis...

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✨ Easy Read when it matters most! ✨ Introducing EasyMaker, our new AI system that creates instant Easy Read in multiple formats – and it’s powered by people. Find out more: 🔗 www.photosymbols.com/blogs/news/shaping-the-future-of-easy-read #EasyRead #Inclusion #AI #LearningDisability #CoProduction

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In the year ending September 2024, more than five million non-fraud crimes were recorded by the 43 domestic police forces in England and Wales www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

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No progress on moving people out of institutions in Scotland, report finds #LearningDisabilities #autism

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Sorted Supported - Coproducing mental health information for adults with learning disabilities - event

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Immensely proud of this toolkit. End-of-life care planning. So many people were involved! Now our paper is published, summing up all the work👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Staying safe on the internet and social media - easy read and video from SeeAbility... tinyurl.com/3nxt39mk

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This #SaferInternetDay, Mencap's Digital Accessibility Officer, Harry shares his top tips for staying safe online 📱 Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wQCif

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Time to recognise paramedics as an official emergency service Paramedics face immense stress yet lack official emergency service recognition. It’s time for fair rights, benefits and retirement protections yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-af...

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Now up on the MHCLG website: Strengthening adult safeguarding response to homelessness and self-neglect, with Jess Harris, part of the Nov 2024 webinar - www.gov.uk/guidance/wor...

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Co‐Designing a Toolkit of Approaches and Resources for End‐of‐Life Care Planning With People With Intellectual Disabilities Within Adult Social Care Settings: A Multi‐Phase Study - Tuffrey‐Wijne - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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🗨️The alarming rate of suicide among healthcare workers should be a wake-up call in the urgent need to support them🗨️ A new blog by Claire Goodwin-Fee, CEO of @frontline19.bsky.social, featured on the hub today www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur...

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Man greeted by Otter Pup in the water

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Deprivation of liberty and profound disability – an urgent need for appellate clarification: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/deprivation-...

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NHS Priorities: Learning Disability England’s Rep Body Respond

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A Kent mother who had a 10-year career break to look after her daughter with learning disabilities has landed her dream job.

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"Investing in young people’s mental health should be one of the cornerstones of a fiscally responsible government." Better mental health support would help young people and the economy, says Ellie White of YoungMinds www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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BBC News - Teenagers mocked by nurses at Skye House children's psychiatric unit - how cruel

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Family and friends, together with self-advocates and paid supporters, work towards people with learning disabilities having good lives with equal choices and opportunities as others. Together we are stronger. Join today: tinyurl.com/4jjftyyk

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Great organisation enabling and enhancing lives with and for people with learning disabilities in London www.ldnlondon.org go on check them out find creative solutions

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At our local hospital. Great to see this positive initiative & have a learning disability nurse in the team #learningdisability #autism #NHS #learningdisabilitynurse

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How can we improve support for young people transitioning to adult social care? ADASS President, @mel-williams.bsky.social discusses the challenges & practical solutions in her latest blog @impower.bsky.social. www.adass.org.uk/improving-support-for-young-people-transitioning-into-adult-social-care/

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“We could all just walk in and spend some time with Terry… I really liked that” We can learn do much from good practice! Inspirational blog by my colleague Richard www.dappleproject.com/post/3-terry... @louiseheatley.bsky.social @openfuturelearning.bsky.social

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Mencap's Campaigns Assistant Vijay shares the differences between a learning disability and learning difficulty Learn more here: brnw.ch/21wQxDv

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#Oliverscampaign Oh my goodness, nothing can prepare you for such horrifying stories. Surely, this amounts to manslaughter, yet the unborn baby is denied any human rights. Those poor parents @nottmhospitals www.bbc.com/news/article...

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