adults with Down's

Karen Watchman works with people with learning disabilities in both practice and in an academic setting. She spoke to LDT 2018 delegates about how to support people with a learning disability and dementia.  

With 94% of learning disabled people unemployed, there is a great need for initiatives that bring them into - and support them - in employment. 

 As of today, there are currently 40,000 NHS vacancies for nurses and, by 2020, almost 50% of all nursing staff will be eligible for retirement. Where does this leave the NHS?

The largest in-depth study of cognitive abilities in people with Down’s syndrome means that clinical trials for preventing Alzheimer's disease may be possible. 

Joanne Hall has been working for United Response, a disability charity, for fifteen years. 

United Response is inviting the public to come along to a special four-week-long photography exhibition showcasing Torbay talent. 

A company behind a non-profit actor training academy and casting agency for neurodivergent actors proposes new guidelines to make film and television more inclusive.

Dame Judi Dench is one of the expert judges who will reveal the winners of the international ‘My Perspective’ competition at a prestigious ceremony in London later this month.

The BBC has announced it is to make a “groundbreaking” programme in which people with learning disabilities from autism and Tourette’s to ADHD and Down’s Syndrome attempt to find jobs.

Punk band PKN, whose members all have Down’s syndrome or autism are to represent Finland at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.