Leisure Pilot dance project helps boost self-confidence in people with a learning… Alison Bloomer Jun 20, 2022 A pilot therapeutic dance project has been set up by charity Look Ahead to address the social isolation, exclusion…
Health South Yorks NHS Trust mix health advice and hip hop for Learning Disability Week LDT Editor Jun 23, 2014 A South Yorkshire Learning Disability Health Action Team joined forces with a local street dancing crew to help…
Family Learning Disability Week – my first… time being a parent LDT Editor Jun 21, 2014 Kevin was nervous about becoming a dad because he has a learning disability. But now he is now the father of two…
Features Learning Disability Week – My first… home LDT Editor Jun 20, 2014 Ben lives in Wiltshire and has been supported by Mencap to live independently. In this blog he shares his story of…
Employment Learning Disability Week – My first… job LDT Editor Jun 18, 2014 In this blog, David Skinner, 41, talks about his job at Swiss Post Solutions and how after being made redundant…
Features My first… love LDT Editor Jun 17, 2014 “For the past five years I have been listening to people with a learning disability tell me stories about love and…
Education My first… day at school LDT Editor Jun 16, 2014 Jane’s son James was born 15 weeks early and spent four months in hospital fighting for his life. He is now 14 and…
Lived experience People with learning disabilities remember their first time for Learning… LDT Editor Jun 16, 2014 The annual Learning Disability Week has begun and this year’s theme is asking people with learning disabilities to…
Features Celebrating the good work with, and for, people with learning disabilities LDT Editor Aug 21, 2013 This week is Learning Disability Week, and it is time to celebrate everything that is good in learning disability…
Good practice and guidance M&S model’s mum backs Mencap awareness campaign LDT Editor Aug 7, 2013 Caroline White, whose son Seb was the first child with Down’s syndrome to feature in a major UK high street…