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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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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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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 winners of the third annual CREATE! Art for Autism awards have been chosen from a field of over 800 entries showcasing the best in autistic art.
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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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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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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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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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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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Lawyers often struggle to provide people with learning disabilities with the specialist support they need because of a lack of experience in dealing with them, according to new research.
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