Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...

For a person to live well with dementia they need a range of appropriate treatments, support and activities. A person with a learning disability and dementia may see a psychiatrist specialising in ...

People growing older with a learning disability have an annual health check, which is used to update their health action plan. People with a learning disability have poorer health and a lower life ...

For students with disabilities, accessibility challenges were an issue long before the shift to remote and hybrid learning. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, brought those challenges to the forefront.

Services for people with learning difficulties are facing new challenges. These lie not only in the care of severely learning disabled clients, but also in the care of older people with a learning ...

Restrictive interventions should be used as a last resort and decisions to use them should be based on the principle of using the least restrictive intervention necessary. Documented risk assessment ...

A bowel support service created by learning disability nurses has improved constipation management in adults with intellectual disability. This project won the Continence Promotion and Care category ...