children with Down's

Disability charity United Response launches their Am I Your Problem? campaign which aims to challenge the indifference, hidden discrimination, and sometimes outright hostility faced by people with learning disabilities and autistics. 

Darren Devine discusses the widespread nature of the use of restraint and seclusion in schools for learning disabled children, and speaks to those campaigning to change this. 

 As of today, there are currently 40,000 NHS vacancies for nurses and, by 2020, almost 50% of all nursing staff will be eligible for retirement. Where does this leave the NHS?

The largest in-depth study of cognitive abilities in people with Down’s syndrome means that clinical trials for preventing Alzheimer's disease may be possible. 

United Response is inviting the public to come along to a special four-week-long photography exhibition showcasing Torbay talent. 

Actor and learning disability campaigner Lord Brian Rix has died at the age of 92. He had been terminally ill.

Dame Judi Dench is one of the expert judges who will reveal the winners of the international ‘My Perspective’ competition at a prestigious ceremony in London later this month.

A new test for Down’s syndrome has been recommended for women on the NHS and will reduce the need for tests that carry a miscarriage risk.

Mousetrap Theatre Projects has announced that it will present a relaxed performance of The Gruffalo Live at London's Lyric Theatre on Tuesday, August 4.

An eight year-old girl from Cambridgeshire who has been growing her hair for three years is having it cut off to raise hundreds of pounds on World Down’s Syndrome Day.

Since joining a new service four years ago, Clare Stubley’s life has taken off – including securing a job, taking up hobbies and achieving lifelong ambitions. Guy Page reports.

Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson has announced the publication of two new Easy Read guides on reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system.

The Department for Education has launched a new guide aimed at explaining how the system that supports children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities works.

Sarah describes how useful signing can be for communication. This is followed by examples of how effective this can be in practice.

This guide aims to help parents of young people with disabilities and/or special educational needs (referred to in this guide as 'disabled young people') manage their child's transition into adulthood so that the social care, education and health needs of their child are met and sustained throughout this process and into the young person's adult life.