Nicola Smith, a self-advocacy campaigner and trainer has been appointed as a government learning difficulties tsar. Her post is the first of its kind for a person with learning difficulties. Smith, 43 ...

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Do you have an employee with a learning difficulty that you at first weren’t aware of? Or perhaps that employee didn’t even realise they had learning difficulties until they found themselves ...

A visiting professor at Bristol University, Hayes conducts research (in the UK and Australia) and clinical work (in Australia) with offenders with learning difficulties. Earlier this month the Norah ...

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

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Despite UK legislation and policy (Children Act 1989; DH/DoE, 2007), parents with learning difficulties are more likely than others to have their children removed from their care. Parents are seen as ...

People with learning disabilities, particularly those with Down's syndrome, are at increased risk of developing dementia. If a person with a learning disability develops dementia, they will face ...

Paloma Faith is an award-winning singer, songwriter and actor. She has released six albums, including her most recent The Glorification of Sadness, received a BRIT Award, been a judge on The Voice UK ...

Oliver Tipper is the manager of Club Soda, who I interviewed recently to find out more about the club, their aims and his views on how inclusive Croydon is. Club Soda is, as he described “a small arts ...