Learning disabilities are disorders that affect one's ability in the domains of spoken or written language, mathematical calculation, attention, or the coordination of movement. They can occur in ...

This week is Learning Disability Week. It takes place in the third week of June every year and in 2024, it's running from the 17-23 June. The event, organised by the charity Mencap, and is an ...

Campaigners have cautiously welcomed plans to limit the detention of people with a learning disability or autism. The pledge, included in the King's Speech, is part of the government's announcement to ...

Tom Watling is on a mission to improve the health of people with learning disabilities – people like him. High on his list is reducing doctors' jargon - "they do use big words," he said with ...

As a society, we sometimes carry the notion that accepting people who are different from us is a charitable and noble action. That we are somehow simply doing people a favour. But the truth is, if we ...

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