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.

This week is Learning Disability Week. It takes place in the third week of June every year and in 2024, it's running from the 17-23 June. The event, organised by the charity Mencap, and is an ...

People with learning disabilities have faced “discriminatory practices” through the pandemic, an expert has warned, as data suggested they died from Covid at six times the rate of the general ...

Young people and adults with a learning disability have an annual health check that includes a review of mental health problems. Annual health checks for young people and adults with a learning ...

Fewer than one in five people who have a learning disability such as Down’s syndrome or Fragile X work. But, according to the charity Mencap, at least 65 per cent would like to work, for much the same ...

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 ...