People with learning disabilities need timely access to health and social care, and support from appropriate adults (defined in Box 2) (Bradley, 2009). A more recent review of the CJS by the Criminal ...

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 ...

It is easy to say to anyone starting a career in learning disability services that all they need to do is show respect for the people they support, writes Julian Budden. It is also difficult to define ...

How to approach helping a relative or friend with a learning disability who’s diagnosed with dementia. People with learning disabilities are more likely than other people to develop dementia as they ...

Anyone new to the field of learning disability or in need of an induction programme specific to this client group will find this book to be a useful practice tool. This workbook, one in a series of ...

The assessment for dementia is best done by a multidisciplinary team. They should all be specialists in learning disabilities, apart from the GP, who may not be a specialist. This team is likely to ...

Two-thirds of employees with learning disabilities have not been asked about what they need to succeed at work, according to hospitality chain Hilton. Its survey of 2,000 people, including 500 with ...

People with a learning disability can experience multiple inequities in accessing criminal justice health services. This can lead to missed opportunities to diagnose learning disabilities, delayed ...

CONCERNS have been raised that adults with mild learning difficulties are no longer getting the specialist support they require following a change in Government guidelines. Martin Taylor, who set up ...

People with learning disabilities face a “cliff-edge” of support as services are “severely underfunded”, the government has been warned. An open letter from the non-profit organisation Social Finance, ...