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Sue Blackwell reflects on the achievements of her daughter Jen, who has Down's syndrome. Jen is the founder and Creative Director of DanceSydrome, an independent dance charity led and informed by people with learning disabilities.

Support workers play an invaluable role in the lives of people with learning disabilities and autism, yet recruitment and retention across social care is currently under so much pressure. What can be done to improve this?

Get Yourself Active at Disability Rights UK and the Centre for Ageing Better have launched Picture Yourself Active, which is a new, publicly accessible image library of over 300 photos depicting older and disabled people getting active to challenge pervasive negative stereotypes.

James Wilkinson has extensive experience in helping disabled people access employment and is focused on demystifying misconceptions employers have of disabled workers.

How can we design a workplace culture that accommodates the autistic community? Autistic freelance writer Mette reflects on her experiences.

As part of Down’s Syndrome Awareness Month, we’re celebrating some of the amazing things people with Down’s syndrome have achieved. All five of these  people have created positive change at either a local or international level and are telling the world that everyone, no matter their differences, is capable of achieving incredible things. 

The disproportionately high mortality rates that people with learning disabilities and autistic people suffered from Covid-19 has been flagged in a damning report about the government’s response to the pandemic in England.

Horse riding has many benefits for people with a learning disability both as a hobby and as therapy. Katie Allen-Clarke from Horse & Country TV outlines the ways you or a loved one might benefit from equine facilitated education and therapy. 

Many organisations are recognising that employing people with neurological conditions such as autism disorder and dyslexia gives them access to a neurodiverse pool of talent that bring different perspectives and innovation to the workplace.