Health Learning disability services not improving quickly enough, CQC says LDT Editor Mar 12, 2013 The quality of learning disability services varies widely across the country and is not improving quickly enough, a…
News More needs to be done to protect adults with learning disabilities from abuse LDT Editor Mar 7, 2013 Adults with learning disabilities should be listened to more and given better education and support to deal with…
Autism Man with autism driven to achieve ambition LDT Editor Mar 6, 2013 By the time most people hit pension age, they think about slowing down and taking it easy. But Chris Lowndes is not…
News Five psychiatric disorders including ADHD are linked, study finds LDT Editor Mar 5, 2013 Five psychiatric conditions – bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder…
Employment Employees with learning disabilities more likely to be attacked at work Dan Parton Mar 5, 2013 Employees with learning disabilities are more than twice as likely to be attacked, intimidated or bullied at work…
Equality NAS launches BME campaign LDT Editor Mar 1, 2013 The National Autistic Society (NAS) has launched a campaign to highlight the obstacles that often prevent people…
Leisure New learning disability respite service opened in Bath LDT Editor Feb 26, 2013 A new dedicated short break and respite service for people with learning disabilities and autism has opened in…
Lived experience Skittles team knocks down barriers LDT Editor Feb 22, 2013 A team comprising people with learning disabilities has celebrated its sixth season competing in a local skittles…
Lifestyle Paralympic champion opens pioneering complex needs and disability college LDT Editor Feb 20, 2013 Britain's most successful female Paralympian has helped to officially open a specialist college in Manchester,…