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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Performing certain tasks, doing things that used to be easy or maintaining links with the community and other people may become more difficult as people with a learning disability grow older. Care and ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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

How to approach helping a relative or friend with a learning disability who’s diagnosed with dementia. People with learning disabilities are more likely than other people to develop dementia as they ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. “I had a broken leg once, so I know what it’s like to have ...