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

Is it autism, a learning disability, or both? If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning ...

“That’s my dad!” 17-year-old Gus Walz could be seen exclaiming Wednesday night. He stood, tears streaming down his face, and pointed to his father, the governor of Minnesota. Democratic vice ...

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

Meet the “lifelike” robot therapy dog Snoop who helps people with disabilities. The robot can do tricks and give you his paw ...

NHS England says it is taking urgent measures to tackle the over-medication of people with learning disabilities. A report by Public Health England estimates that up to 35,000 adults with a learning ...

This week is Scottish Learning Disability Week, a time to celebrate people with learning disabilities. It’s about making ...

In a cohort of approximately 0.3 million patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), those with learning disabilities exhibited better glycaemic control but faced a higher risk for all-cause and ...

In September last year we reported on the worrying number of people with learning disabilities who are missing out on cancer ...

The first patients have been officially welcomed to Lancashire’s new £32m specialist acute mental health facility.