Latest blog posts

Andy Burns is a 26-year-year-old YouTuber who uses his own experience and knowledge to create autism-related content. 

Tim Nicholls, Head of Policy at the National Autistic Society, discusses what the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act means for autistic people. 

With 94% of learning disabled people unemployed, there is a great need for initiatives that bring them into - and support them - in employment. 

Joanne Hall has been working for United Response, a disability charity, for fifteen years. 

Victoria Baynton-Williams looks at how the educational path chosen for a child with a learning disability can shape their future.

Rashmi Becker discusses the role of the support worker in bridging the gap between learning disability policy and practice. 

'Shift8' supports adults with learning disabilities to showcase existing skills and learn new ones too.

The question of whether to have your learning disabled child living at home or move them into supported living is as difficult as it is inevitable: explored here by Darren Devine. 

Victoria Baynton-Williams on the process of her daughter, who has Down's syndrome, starting mainstream school. 

How many times have you heard "the person doesn’t understand; they don’t communicate, so can’t make a choice"?