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.

Parts of England risk becoming “learning disability nurse deserts” as student numbers have collapsed in every region, a new analysis has warned. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical ...

Dyslexia is a term that you may have heard thrown around a classroom or quietly muttered under a person’s breath but without really knowing what it actually means. That is why I am here to give to you ...

People of all ages with all levels of learning disabilities can be affected by mental health problems. When a person is not able to describe or express their distress, and when they have coexisting ...

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 ...

Not enough is being done to prevent the early deaths of people with learning disabilities, campaigners have said. Generally, people with learning disabilities die 20 years younger than those without ...

GPs should invite all patients on the learning disability register for Covid vaccination as part of priority group six, the Government has said. This will increase the cohort by ‘at least’ 150,000 ...

All adults with learning disabilities should now be invited to get a coronavirus vaccination, the UK’s advisory body has said. It follows calls from BBC presenter Jo Whiley to prioritise the more at ...

MORE Brits with learning disabilities will be prioritised for Covid jabs by the NHS. Government advisors urged GPs to invite 150,000 extra people after research revealed they were at higher risk of ...

Deaths of people with learning disabilities receiving care and support were more than double the previous year’s figures in the period immediately following the peak of the coronavirus epidemic in the ...