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Belfast Telegraph, 03.01.09 02:33 UTC

New rulings on mental health laws advanced

The introduction of mental health legislation in Northern Ireland is to be sped up, the Health Minister said last night. The Assembly will consider bills on mental capacity and mental health near the ...
learning disability  treatment of their disorder  Northern Ireland  McGimpsey 

guardian.co.uk, 03.01.09 00:32 UTC

Interview: She's home from jail, but Lynndie England can't escape Abu Ghraib

. The road to Fort Ashby, West Virginia, runs through Mineral County, an area of freezing grey farmland and barrack-style bungalows, where the sign outside the bar - "Hunters welcome" - has an ...
BAGHDAD  Fort Ashby  New York  selective mutism  learning disability  Military Police Company  +27 more

Telegraph, 17.12.08 21:32 UTC

Social services criticised over death of disabled man found in suitcase

The father of a severely disabled man whose body was found in a suitcase accused social services of neglecting his son.
learning disability  Church Hill  social services  Stephen Chandler  Margaret Barnard  Brian Kirby  +4 more

Daily Mail, 30.11.08 00:31 UTC

I faced life in jail ... just for writing about Milton Keynes

Comments ( 0 ) Add to My Stories Ironically, it was with a feeling of smug satisfaction, so pitifully rare in my life as a disorganised journalist and busy mum, that I stepped out on that sunny May ...
LONDON  learning disability  Autism  bank accounts  ancient common-law offence  Gavin Millar  +13 more

Telegraph, 24.11.08 06:31 UTC

More babies being born with Down's syndrome

More babies are being born with Down's syndrome than before pre-natal screening for the disorder was introduced at the end of the 1980s.
learning disability  Down's syndrome  BBC  BBC Radio  United Kingdom  BBC Radio 4  +4 more

USA Today, 10.11.08 15:34 UTC

18-year-old abandoned under Neb. safe-haven law

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police say a woman has abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital, saying she can't control the girl, in what may be the latest use of Nebraska's unique safe-haven law.
Lincoln  learning disability  Nebraska  Jim Peschong  Assistant Police 

Telegraph, 10.10.08 15:32 UTC

BBC radio presenters suspended after mocking disabled people

Two BBC radio presenters have been suspended for using a derogatory term to describe disabled people live on air.
learning disability  BBC  Mickey Adams  Brighton Albion  Ian Hart  Andrew Hawes  +2 more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 09.10.08 05:06 UTC

Strongman urges end to bullying in schools

After watching Jon Pritikin tear a phone book in half, bend a steel rod with his teeth and roll a metal frying pan in his hands like a sandwich wrap, it's hard to believe that he was ever bullied. ...
Lodi  learning disability  California  metal frying pan  steel rod  Jon Pritikin  +1 more

Telegraph, 06.10.08 17:03 UTC

Sir Ken Macdonald: system must get tough on 'disabled hate crime'

Too many disabled people are living in fear because the criminal justice system is letting them down, the country's top prosecutor has said.
learning disability  learning disabilities  United Kingdom  Wales  Ken Macdonald  Bar Council of England and Wales 

Telegraph, 18.09.08 13:02 UTC

Sussex supermarket attack: Stabbed woman named as Lucy Yates

A 20-year-old woman who was critically injured after being stabbed in a supermarket has been named.
Southampton  learning disability  Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust  substance misuse services  Insp Jeff Riley  Samuel Reid-Wentworth  +7 more
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