Generally, people with learning disabilities die 20 years younger than those without learning disabilities and about 39% of ...

Blood tests can be challenging for people with learning disabilities due to needle phobia or anxiety. Reasonable adjustments ...

This article provides advice and tips from Community Care Inform’s guide on working with and supporting parents with learning disabilities. Updated in March 2025, the guide is written by Beth Tarleton ...

Learning disabilities are disorders that affect one's ability in the domains of spoken or written language, mathematical calculation, attention, or the coordination of movement. They can occur in ...

We know that people with profound learning disabilities face stark health inequalities, often dying younger and with less ...

Police are offering drivers and passengers with additional needs free seat belt covers to make communication easier after incidents such as road accidents. Each cover contains a card to record ...

Parents with learning difficulties or disabilities are disproportionately represented in child protection processes and are more likely than other parents to have their children permanently removed ...

More than 500 students with disabilities from Belmont and Harrison counties attended a career fair today to help them think ...

Individuals with a neurodegenerative condition affecting language appear more likely to have had a history of learning disabilities than those with other types of dementia or with no cognitive ...

Children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD) often have excellent vocabulary and read very well. Common NVLD symptoms include difficulties with spatial relationships and social communication.

One of the most common questions I get asked about an evaluation is, “can you evaluate for just (fill in the blank).” On occasion, I’ll happily reduce the evaluation time and just assess for the ...

Nonverbal learning disability (NVLD), a poorly understood and often-overlooked disorder that causes problems with visual-spatial processing, may affect nearly 3 million children in the United States, ...