MPs need to listen more to people with learning disabilities Dan Parton Jun 26, 2013 Features A man with learning disabilities addressed a Parliamentary group recently to talk about the importance of…
New assessment and treatment centre for people with learning disabilities opened… LDT Editor Jun 25, 2013 Lived experience A new assessment and treatment centre for people with learning disabilities in Norfolk was officially opened by the…
Man with learning disabilities receives MBE for services to disabled people LDT Editor Jun 17, 2013 Lived experience Richard West, who is deaf and has a learning disability, has received an MBE for services to the arts and disabled…
National Theatre to put on Relaxed Performance of Romeo and Juliet LDT Editor Jun 14, 2013 Lived experience The National Theatre will put on a Relaxed Performance of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet for young audiences aged 8…
Holby City actress joins Mencap’s R-word pledge LDT Editor Jun 10, 2013 Equality Actress and Mencap supporter Ty Glaser has become the latest high-profile supporter of Mencap's R-word campaign,…
Mencap fights to keep Wirral-based day centre open LDT Editor Jun 5, 2013 Lived experience Learning disability charity Mencap is helping people with learning disabilities fight to keep Moreton Day Centre…
Learning disability rights champion, Carl Poll, dies LDT Editor May 30, 2013 Lived experience Carl Poll, a leading social justice and learning disability rights campaigner, has died after an illness.
02 opens UK’s 500th disabled loo LDT Editor May 22, 2013 Lived experience The 500th Changing Places fully accessible disabled toilet has been opened at The O2 in London.
Paralympic athlete provides boccia coaching to group with learning disabilities LDT Editor May 21, 2013 Lived experience A Paralympic athlete is coaching a group of adults with learning disabilities in Essex to play boccia in a weekly…
Parents of children with learning disabilities need more support to plan for the… LDT Editor Apr 30, 2013 Lived experience Parents of children with learning disabilities need more support to help them plan for future, including arranging…
Include us in LDT Editor Apr 24, 2013 Features In this guest blog, Elizabeth Archer from Mencap explains how young people with learning disabilities can get more…
Learning Disability Today 2012 shortlisted for Conference Awards LDT Editor Apr 14, 2013 Lived experience Pavilion’s 2012 Learning Disability Today conference has been shortlisted for the upcoming Conference Awards 2013,…