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 ...

Shocked by what her learning disability nursing students told her, Helen Laverty set up an event to promote the specialty’s value Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, ...

IT is a group of 'New Beginnings' – in name and also in practice - as a growing number of adults, all with different learning disabilities, are seeing their lives radically transformed through ...

According to the Learning Disabilities Association of America, 2.4 million students are diagnosed with a learning disability and about 41 percent receive special education services. There is a range ...

A learning disability is defined by 3 core criteria: lower intellectual ability (usually an IQ of less than 70), significant impairment of social or adaptive functioning, and onset in childhood.

If they do find a partner, it can be logistically difficult to sustain the relationship and they can face judgement from ...

Last year ENABLE Scotland started a national ­conversation about ­children and young people navigating their way through the education system in Scotland. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

Washing and blow-drying hair, making cups of tea, chatting to customers and cleaning up are all in a day's work for trainees at a salon in Donaghadee, County Down. The aspiring hairdressers all have ...

Vulnerable people have encountered ‘shocking discrimination’ during pandemic, says Mencap charity People with learning disabilities have been given do not resuscitate orders during the second wave of ...