2014 – that was the year that was

Editor Dan Parton looks back at some of the bigger stories involving people with learning disabilities from the past 12 months. Note: for the purposes of this blog, ‘bigger’ relates to the number of hits a story has had on the website, not necessarily the most significant. With the passing of another year, it is a good time to look back at some of the stories that made headlines in 2014 for people with learning disabilities. Sadly, it was often the more negative stories that received the biggest viewing figures. For instance, the on-going case of alleged abuse at the