People with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) have unique needs. This article discusses the work of PMLD ...

The proportion of avoidable deaths among adults with a learning disability has fallen but is still almost double that of the general population, according to a new report. Some 733 (38.8%) of the ...

BALTIMORE -- One in five people in the United States struggle with learning or attention disabilities, according to the Learning Disability Association of America. While they can make learning ...

Post-Winterbourne census reveals lack of progress in delivering government objective of community-based care for people with learning disabilities Picture credit: RunPhoto/Getty Images There has been ...

While epilepsy affects one percent of the general population, this figure rises to 22.2% for people with learning disabilities. The researchers analysed nearly 10,000 deaths of adults with ...

Lord Paul Scriven, a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, has spent years championing the rights of learning ...

Just 7.5% of adults with learning disabilities known to English councils are in paid employment, lower than the government previously thought. The figure was published last week by the NHS Information ...

This Down’s Syndrome Day (21st March), a local NHS trust is encouraging people who have a learning disability to have their ...