People with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) have unique needs. This article discusses the work of PMLD ...

Lord Paul Scriven, a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, has spent years championing the rights of learning ...

The government has annouced a £50 million boost to the Disabled Facilities Grant funding bringing the fund to £761 million ...

Care of service users planned less than three years ahead in most councils, finds research by learning disability charity Short-term and cost-driven care planning is blighting the quality of life of ...

The proportion of avoidable deaths among adults with a learning disability has fallen but is still almost double that of the general population, according to a new report. Some 733 (38.8%) of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO – When Jessica Anacker was in junior high, a teacher pulled her out of English class one day after she was bullied by a ...

Scott Watkin, the recently appointed national co-director for learning disabilities, wants to be seen as a role model for other learning disabled people. He has his own blueprint in predecessor Nicola ...

CHICAGO – When Jessica Anacker was in junior high, a teacher pulled her out of English class one day after she was bullied by a student because of her learning disability. Instead of disciplining the ...

I was standing at the front of the congregation giving an altar call when I saw our eight-year-old learning-disabled son dart away from his mother and come running down the aisle toward me. He had ...

Staff from VolkerFitzpatrick are rolling up their sleeves and clearing a garden area at the Herald Resource Centre and residential service run by the learning disability charity Hft in Shefford, ...