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The government has announced a new £30 million fund to install more Changing Places toilets in existing buildings, which will benefit more than 250,000 disabled people throughout England. The move follows changes to statutory guidance that came into effect from January 2021 that made the provision of Changing Places toilets compulsory in certain new buildings.

Graduates disclosing autism are least likely to be in full-time employment and most likely to be unemployed according to new research by the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS). Autistic graduates are the least likely of all Disabled graduates to be employed on a permanent contract and are most likely to be employed on a fixed-term, temporary or voluntary basis.

New data reported in the British Journal of Psychiatry shows that 7% of children have attempted suicide by the age of 17 and almost one in four say they have self-harmed in the past year. There are fears that these figures have risen even higher during the pandemic. The figures are taken from analysis of the lives of around 19,000 British children born at the start of the millennium as part of the millennium cohort study.

Offering both a physical event and a unique digital programme, Naidex Virtual features hundreds of expert speakers across the disability, independent living and healthcare industries, links to a vast network of like-minded individuals and numerous experiential, interactive demonstrations.

It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week starting Monday 15 March. According to the Department of Education, 15% of students in the United Kingdom have a learning difference. Find out how to get involved.