research blogs

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

Some councils still insist on seeing disability as a purely physical issue.

The problem for disabled professionals isn’t motivation - it’s practical solutions, argues Nancy Doyle.

Some people with learning disabilities are responding to a changing care landscape by producing their own services.

'Safe Haven' is a series of portraits of pregnant women who know their baby will be born with Down’s syndrome.

Loren Snow has autism and is interested in exploring why the condition is more commonly diagnosed in males.

The latest phase of the Supported Loving campaign reveals ingrained cultural barriers to enabling love and sex that are often going unchallenged.

MP Rupa Huq believes it is imperative that people with learning disabilities are listened to and communicated with in ways that work for them. The Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, in London, is calling for all MPs to undertake learning disability awareness training.

The most common barrier to learning you don’t know enough about.