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August's Most Popular Articles...
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The Human Rights Act and Learning Disabilities: The Human Rights Act 1998 became law in Britain in October 2000, meaning that fundamental freedoms and rights are now legally… [436 views in Aug]
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Diagnosing and Assessing Learning Disabilities: When one hears about a learning disability, they frequently assume that the term refers to students or children. While this is… [296 views in Aug]
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Social Inclusion and Learning Disabilities: Historically, people of all ages with learning disabilities have faced poor life chances, largely due to social exclusion. They’ve… [288 views in Aug]
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How Dyspraxia Affects Learning: Dyspraxia is a disorder associated with the area of motor skill development. Dyspraxia is a life-long condition that occurs in about two percent of the… [148 views in Aug]
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Quick Guide to Semantic Pragmatic Disorder: Semantic Pragmatic Disorder, now more commonly known as Pragmatic Language Impairment (PLI) describes an impairment in understanding… [138 views in Aug]
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The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act: When the government published their Valuing People white paper in 2001, they clearly outlined their desire to protect and… [136 views in Aug]
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Gary
Re: What is the Mental Capacity Act 2007?
It might be useful for you to check the title of your article, as I understand it it is the MCA 2005 implemented in 2007.
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My 20 year old son has 9 disabilities centred around Asperges and took 10 years for diagnosis. We have…
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