A winning team set up an asthma clinic for people with learning disabilities to help improve asthma control and reduce pressure on urgent care services. This initiative won the 2016 Nursing Times ...

One in 8 Canadians — a number in excess of 3.5 million people — lives with a disability.1 Advances in the provision of acute health care and an aging population mean that the number of people in ...

What is life really like for people with learning disabilities? Seven individuals from across the country tell ITV News about ...

When Graeme Rush is happy, he jumps up and down. When he is unhappy or in pain, he sometimes hurts himself, biting his arms or banging his head with his fists. Mr. Rush, now 26, was diagnosed with ...

The mother of a young man with a learning disability has said it is "heartbreaking" watching her son "starting to sense that he's not having the opportunities or the chances of somebody his age".

Community nurses in Warwickshire have developed a care pathway for older children with learning disabilities to aid their transition into adult services. Rebecca Turner, a community nurse with the ...

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 ...

As part of the #PlanForHousing campaign, Clare Skidmore and Tonita Whittier of NHS England’s mental health, learning disability and autism programme share how housing is a vital part of their work ...

This is an easy English version of the story. For the standard English version, click here. We know that people with a learning disability get worse healthcare than other people. A report said that ...