| The ASPECT Consultancy Report - A National Report on the Needs of Adults with Asperger Syndrome - is now available for you to download, free of charge, from the Aspectaction website. The Report can be downloaded in full here (367 Pages, 1.8MB PDF) or in the form of an Executive Summary (22 Pages, 145KB PDF) |
| News from NAICE - The Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning, in celebrating diversity, aims to investigate and report on the current practices in the employment of disabled people in order to make recommendations that positively influence culture and practice and promote career opportunities for disabled people. Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning |
| News from Dyslexia Action - Inclusion Development Programme launched - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools and Learners Andrew Adonis will be launching the Inclusion Development Programme with National Strategies this week (17 October 2007), supported by children’s communication charity I CAN and Dyslexia Action. |
| The third edition of the Disability Equality Partnership (DEP) Bulletin is available in both pdf and Word formats. The Bulletin is the combined work of Equality Challenge Unit, the Higher Education Academy and Action on Access and it has been produced to inform those working to embed disability equality in higher education about relevant activities and information, and to outline the DEP's involvement in those activities. |
| An 18-year-study on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) - Mayo Clinic researchers found that treatment with prescription stimulants is associated with improved long-term academic success of children with ADHD. Read more about this at Science Daily. |
