People with learning disabilities open the market at the London Stock Exchange for… LDT Editor Jul 31, 2014 Lived experience Two men with learning disabilities opened the markets at the London Stock Exchange on July 30 to celebrate the…
Commonwealth Games provides opportunities for learning disability champions LDT Editor Jul 28, 2014 Lived experience People with learning disabilities have competed in the Commonwealth Games and taken part in the pre-event Queen's…
Jobseeker’s Allowance sanctions branded “grossly unfair” to people with learning… LDT Editor Jul 23, 2014 Employment The sanctions regime for Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) is “grossly unfair to people with learning disabilities” and…
Create! Winners 2014 announced LDT Editor Jul 21, 2014 Lived experience The winners of annual art competition Create! Art For Autism have been announced at the event's largest-ever awards…
SEN students create mystery story thanks to writing project LDT Editor Jul 17, 2014 Lived experience A group of 8 students from Blackfriars SEN school in Newcastle have written and published a 120 page mystery story…
More than a quarter of young people with autism not in education, employment or… LDT Editor Jul 7, 2014 Employment More than a quarter (27%) of young people with autism are not currently in education, employment or training…
Vibrance use service users to turn training on its head LDT Editor Jul 2, 2014 Lifestyle A charity’s scheme that sees service users help to train the staff who provide their care and support has now seen…
GB athletes celebrate learning disability week with 4 medals at European… LDT Editor Jun 22, 2014 Lived experience The GB Learning Disability Athletics Team has returned to the UK with four medals from the Inas Open European…
Learning Disability Week – My first… job LDT Editor Jun 18, 2014 Employment In this blog, David Skinner, 41, talks about his job at Swiss Post Solutions and how after being made redundant…
Report calls for needs of individuals with learning disabilities to be at heart of… LDT Editor Jun 18, 2014 Lived experience The quality of care for people with learning disabilities is too variable across England and services should be…
My first… love LDT Editor Jun 17, 2014 Features “For the past five years I have been listening to people with a learning disability tell me stories about love and…
New Remploy campaign aims to get more people with learning disabilities into work LDT Editor Jun 17, 2014 Employment Specialist employment services provider Remploy has launched a campaign that aims to increase the number of people…