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Secretary of State for Children and Families Edward Timpson has announced a series of reforms for special educational needs (SEN) in schools to be implemented by September 2014.
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Caroline White, whose son Seb was the first child with Down’s syndrome to feature in a major UK high street advertising campaign for M and S last Christmas is backing Mencap’s call for superhero stories as part of Learning Disability Week…
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A garden for adults with learning difficulties at Lynfords and The Mashes homes is being transformed into an environment to delight the service user’s senses.
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The Houses of Parliament Outreach Service has developed a package of learning resources to help adults with learning disabilities understand how Parliament works.
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While the ‘bedroom tax’ has only been in operation for three months, it is already causing hardship to some people with learning disabilities and their families, and is set to get worse in the coming months; editor Dan Parton reports.
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A new campaign has been launched that aims to increase the number of people with learning disabilities who vote in elections.
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So, the spare room subsidy – better known as the bedroom tax – does not unlawfully discriminate against people with disabilities, according to a High Court ruling. But, as Dan Parton explains, that doesn’t make things any better for those…
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Ten families of people with disabilities have lost a High Court challenge to the government’s spare room subsidy policy – or bedroom tax – but plan to appeal.
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Researchers at the Tizard Centre are looking for volunteers to take part in research into domestic violence against women with learning disabilities – an area which is under-researched in the UK.
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Collin Brewer, the former Cornwall councillor who said that disabled children “should be put down”, will not face any criminal charges, Devon and Cornwall Police have said.
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