Good practice

This week is Learning Disability Week, and it is time to celebrate everything that is good in learning disability…

Support providers need to focus not just on people with learning disabilities, but their families as well, says…

The support among people with learning disabilities and professionals for a People First England seems to be strong…

Last week, the Scottish Government unveiled its new learning disability strategy, making some 50 recommendations to…

In this guest blog, Aisling Duffy from service provider Certitude talks about the need to not just listen to…

With clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) taking over commissioning of local health services, now is the time to…

In this guest blog, Lesa Walton writes about how openness about autism is the key to tackling the stigma around the…

Following the publication of Living in a Different World, consultant editor of Policing Today Philip Mason talks…

There is no national organisation for self-advocacy in England, but there should be, says Gary Bourlet

The Mental Capacity Act has helped many people with learning disabilities to make decisions for themselves since it…

A shocking report out this week shows that people with learning disabilities are more likely than other groups to…

Criticism of the work capability assessment (WCA) for employment and support allowance (ESA) has been regularly…

It was heartening to see the recent expansion of the Autism Friendly Films initiative, with a second cinema chain…

Sunnyside House’s My LIFE training programme is helping residents with learning disabilities to learn the skills…

The sentencing of 11 former employees of the Winterbourne View hospital in Bristol once again brought the worst of…