Adults with learning disabilities in Somerset have come together to write and star in a documentary about death. Commissioned by NHS Somerset it will be played in Dying Matters Week from 6-12 May as a ...

Chef Jamie Oliver has long been vocal about his struggles at school as a result of his dyslexia. According to The Sun, the household name, 49, is now set to appear in a new Channel 4 documentary ...

BBC Three's ' Defying the Label ' season has struck again and tonight's The Unbreakables: Life & Love On Disability Campus could be the best part yet. The documentary follows the lives of students at ...

It’s the summer of 1971. A group of disabled hippie teenagers gather round at Camp Jened in the Catskills of upstate New York. Some teens are smoking outside. Some are playing music or baseball, and ...

The harrowing story of vulnerable Lee Irving's brutal murder is to be laid bare in a new documentary. The 24-year-old's body was found dumped in Newcastle after he was tortured and beaten to death by ...

Statement 1 Local authorities and clinical commissioning groups jointly choose a lead person to oversee strategic commissioning of services for all people with a learning disability. [new 2019] ...

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.