News - Liberal Democrat Disability Association

Use of technology could help detect autism

Young children with autism can be identified by listening to the noises they make, say US scientists. Research suggests the babbling of infants with autism differs from that of children without it. The differences were spotted with 86% accuracy using automated vocal analysis technology. Vocal characteristics are not currently used for diagnosing autism, even though the link has been suggested before. The study is in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

20 Jul 2010

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Tinnitus risk may be increased by use of mobiles

Regularly using a mobile phone may increase the risk of tinnitus, which involves constant ringing or buzzing in the ear, a small study suggests. Austrian researchers recruited 100 people with the condition and 100 without, and compared mobile phone use. They found tinnitus was over 70% more likely in those averaging 10 minutes' daily phone use, reported Occupational and Environmental Medicine journal.

20 Jul 2010

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Teignmouth stroke victim's wheelchair train 'ban'

A rail operator has apologised to a disabled passenger after staff tried to "bar" him from a train. Tim Mason, 49, from Teignmouth, Devon, was told he could not travel on the First Great Western (FGW) train if his wheelchair could not be folded away.

15 Jul 2010

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Health care for those with learning disabilities is worse than the rest of the population

People with learning disabilities receive worse healthcare than the rest of the population some doctors and nurses believe, according to a charity. Mencap has found almost half of doctors and a third of nurses from a poll of poll of 1,084 think this is the case.

22 Jun 2010

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Local Government Ombudsman criticises the stopping of a travel scheme in Eastleigh

A council has been criticised after it cancelled a travel scheme enabling elderly and disabled people access to cheap or free public transport. Eastleigh council said it believed an alternative scheme would offer a wider choice of travel options.

20 Jun 2010

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Campaigners urges the Government to ring fence both the NHS and social care.

The social care budget needs protecting just as NHS spending has been, campaigners say. Age UK has warned that if the expected cuts to councils are made, just half the 1m people needing help at home in England will be getting it by 2012. The charity said social care should be put on the same footing as health, which will not see a funding drop.

19 Jun 2010

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Use of technology could help detect autism

Tinnitus risk may be increased by use of mobiles

Teignmouth stroke victim's wheelchair train 'ban'

Health care for those with learning disabilities is worse than the rest of the population

Local Government Ombudsman criticises the stopping of a travel scheme in Eastleigh

Campaigners urges the Government to ring fence both the NHS and social care.

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