The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism programme can give nurses and other health and social care staff a better understanding of the needs of people with learning ...

The aim of Learning Disability Week is to “smash stigmas and end discrimination, educate and raise awareness about learning disabilities,” and “fight and campaign for a fair society.” Ciara Lawrence, ...

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This Learning Disability Awareness Week, Alternative Futures Group, a charity that provides specialist care across Lancashire says:"For far too long adult social care has been driven by cost, rather ...

A project in west London is aiming to improve NHS care of people with learning disabilities by raising awareness of vital issues among hospital professionals, writes Amy Taylor It was Boxing Day seven ...

Tackling the discrimination, stigma and crime faced by those with a learning disability is the aim of a campaign launched in Surrey. Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, which provides ...

There’s rather more to disability awareness training than raising issues around physical impairment – and learning and development professionals need to see the bigger picture. The Disability ...

This week is Learning Disability Awareness Week. Throughout my childhood, I was struck so often by other people’s definitions of ‘normal’ and how they had to understand where my brother fit in. People ...

Until I was 10, I was thought of as ‘naughty’ or ‘lazy’ by teachers in my mainstream school (Picture: Mencap) I know the difference it makes to have the right support when you’re a child with a ...

As Learning Disability Awareness Week is marked this June, it prompts much-needed reflection on how society views learning, intelligence, and academic success. In a time when diversity and innovation ...