July 2019

Having their own possessions can bring a sense of independence and control that people with learning disabilities are deprived of all too often. Darren Devine hears how an art exhibition tells the stories behind these meaningful possessions…
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Child to parent violence is an often overlooked and stigmatised form of family violence. Here, Helen Bonnick, a consultant, speaker, and trainer, tells Learning Disability Today why this phenomenon is likely under-reported and how the whole…
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Tim Cooper, chief executive of the learning disability charity United Response, has given a measured response on behalf of those his organisation supports.
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The first scientific study of compensatory strategies used by autistic people and also techniques to camouflage autism has been published.
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The number of children with autism and learning disabilities living in mental health wards has doubled since the initiation of the Transforming Care programme designed to deliver community alternatives, but restraint numbers have been…
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Before Hope Lightowler received an autism diagnosis, she struggled with sensory issues and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
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In February a group of US parents who said they felt alienated by the growing influence of the neurodiversity movement set up the National Council on Severe Autism (NCSA). Could we see a similar split in the UK among parents who feel left…
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For the first time, the government has pledged to work with the Office for National Statistics to include autistic spectrum conditions on the Labour Force Survey for employment.
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