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News Archive
November 2009
Schools face huge rise in special needs cases
November 2009
The growing number of premature babies surviving into childhood will increase the demand for special-needs teaching, experts have said.
Lewis Smith, The Telegraph, Monday November 30th 2009
Scientists identify gene that influences quality of person’s empathy
November 2009
A gene that influences both the empathy people show towards others and their own responses to stress has been identified, in research that could shed new light on human psychology and disorders such as autism.
Letters: People with disabilities - Learning to stand up for people with disabilities
November 2009
Ian Birrell's hard-hitting article on the abuse of people with disabilities (6 November) is right to argue that although social progress has been made in tackling prejudice, the progress has been uneven. People with disabilities, particularly learning disabilities, are still regularly demeaned, mocked or harassed in public. Given this, it would be easy to lapse into pessimism, but there are things that can be done to tackle bigotry by treating young people as part of the solution, not the problem………..
