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“For the past five years I have been listening to people with a learning disability tell me stories about love and believe me, there are happy endings.” In this blog, Miguel Tudela de la Fuente talks about the importance of sexual health –…
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Specialist employment services provider Remploy has launched a campaign that aims to increase the number of people with learning disabilities in paid employment over the next 5 years.
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In this guest blog for Learning Disability Week, Norwood’s Angela Duce talks about the benefits of employment for people with learning disabilities.
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Jane’s son James was born 15 weeks early and spent four months in hospital fighting for his life. He is now 14 and has severe physical and learning disabilities. She describes as “clever, funny and living a happy and fulfilled life”. In her…
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The annual Learning Disability Week has begun and this year’s theme is asking people with learning disabilities to remember their ‘first times’.
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The speed of the government’s progress in acting on the recommendations of the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities (CIPOLD) has been criticised in a House of Lords debate.
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The achievements of people with learning disabilities have been recognised at an awards ceremony held by Care Management Group (CMG) in London recently.
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Back to work support provided through the Work Programme and Jobcentre Plus is causing severe anxiety for people with disabilities and pushing them further from the job market, a report has found.
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Young people with disabilities are not always receiving the necessary care and support when they move from children’s to adult care services, despite guidance being available for the past 10 years, a report has found.
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A 17-year-old photographer has been announced as the overall winner of the international photographic competition, My Perspective.
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