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Lived experience
The Specials: TV programme with a special ingredient
“The Specials” is an award-winning documentary series about the lives of five friends with intellectual…
User-run nightclub for people with learning disabilities wins funding
Many people with learning disabilities experience social isolation, often only leaving their homes for a couple of…
Sexuality and learning disability
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people with a learning disability can struggle to find a safe space…
Strictly Wales gets under way
Leonard Cheshire Disability is inviting disabled dancers to take part in ‘Strictly Cymru’, a dance competition…
Disabled people: Chancellor refuses to apologise after “crass, damaging,…
Philip Hammond has so far resisted all calls to retract remarks about the 'productivity' of disabled people that …
Rave on: the rise of learning disability club nights
Learning disability clubs nights are popping up all around the UK as part of a growing inclusion agenda. But just…
Respite fundraiser breaks world record
The charity Autism Together have been presented with World Record certificates by Guinness after an…
Relationships are for everyone
Many take relationships for granted, yet forget or are fearful about empowering opportunities for people with…
Five steps to ending stigma and social exclusion
Cultivating a sense of community for adults with complex conditions can go a long way to improving their overall…
Made Possible
The focus on Raana Salman's disability, rather than her public speaking prowess or her ceramic work, is a symptom…
Man with Down’s awarded damages after council ban sex with wife
A man with Down's syndrome whose wife was banned by the local council from having sex with him has been awarded…