Tag: learning disability
2,000 people with learning disabilities and/or autism in the UK are...
Today, to mark International Human Rights Day, the UK’s largest not-for-profit provider of support for people with learning disabilities and/or autism, Dimensions, is calling for...
‘It’s My Choice’
Face Front Inclusive Theatre are proud to launch their online teacher’s resource ‘It’s My Choice’, exploring true life dilemmas concerning young learning-disabled people who...
Layla’s Life, My Words: An Insight Into the World Of a...
This is a very personal record of one family’s journey to educate other people and professionals about the difficulties their daughter Layla faced. The...
Learning from Lucy
Bringing up a daughter with learning disabilities has been the ultimate lesson in life, writes mum Samantha Bowen
I wasn’t present at the time of my...
Positive support for learning disability
We need new attitudes and a new approach to the care and education of children with complex needs, writes Ben Higgins
The fatal cost of healthcare inequalities
Simple healthcare changes could save the lives of people with a learning disability
Medical professionals do a fabulous job for most people, but for someone...
Working it out
Educating employers is key to getting more people with a learning disability into work, writes Mark Capper
Lost in music
Jane Douglas examines the difficulties that children with PMLD have in making sense of sound
Opening up communities
Vijay Patel writes about the issues people with learning disabilities face building friendships and relationships
Learning about learning disabilities
We all have a lot to learn about how to support children with learning disabilities, says Jan Tregelles
Book Reviews
The Lone SENDCO: Questions and Answers For the Busy SENDCO
Gary Aubin is director of SEND for a multi academy trust, having worked as a SENDCO in mainstream primary and secondary schools, where he...
