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 ...

Dyscalculia is a severe and persistent learning disability in math that affects about 5 to 8 percent of school-age children. Due to its impact on students’ ability to learn and retain basic math facts ...

The aim of Learning Disability Week is to “smash stigmas and end discrimination, educate and raise awareness about learning disabilities,” and “fight and campaign for a fair society.” Ciara Lawrence, ...

Campaigners have cautiously welcomed plans to limit the detention of people with a learning disability or autism. The pledge, included in the King's Speech, is part of the government's announcement to ...

Gus Walz stole the show Wednesday when his father, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, officially accepted the vice presidential nomination on the third night of the Democratic National Convention. The ...

More learning disability nurses in England will be supported to progress to advanced practice level, as part of latest government plans to improve services for people with learning disabilities and ...

NHS England will ask GP practices to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for patients with a learning disability or autism such as giving them ‘priority appointments’. They could also be asked to provide ...

For those called to a career that blends compassion, expertise, and the chance to make a real difference, Learning Disabilities Nursing offers a powerful and rewarding path. At Queen’s University ...

More adults with learning disabilities and autism in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are "locked up" in mental health hospitals, new figures show – as a charity urged the Government to end the "human ...