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Signs are positive for sports participation in wake of London 2012

19/03/2013 – 10:00 am

The success of the London 2012 Paralympics appears to be encouraging more disabled people to take part in disability sports, according to new research.
A survey of councils in England and Wales found that a third of them had seen more disabled people taking part in Paralympic sports such as sitting volleyball, boccia and swimming, in [...]

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Pioneering abuse study has people with learning difficulties at its heart

11/03/2013 – 3:00 pm

Ground-breaking new research has underlined the need for greater access to counselling for people with learning difficulties who have been abused.
The three-year, lottery-funded project was the first research into the abuse of people with learning difficulties to be carried out in the UK by people with learning difficulties.
The idea for the research was first proposed [...]

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