Private companies are building new inpatient units – the state has been trying to reduce them for the last five years.
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They’ve been deeply affected by austerity, so it’s more important than ever for people with learning disabilities to have their say on June 8.
The development of ‘handedness’ and language are closely linked.
Non-verbal learning disability is a complex neurological learning disability that becomes more obvious with age. Here are the signs to look out for.
Why it’s harder to find love with a learning difficulty.
The most shocking moments of the true crime documentary Making a Murderer depict two police officers gently coaxing a softly spoken teenager to recount his role in a vicious crime. Warning: spoilers ahead.
The predictable path into prison for Aboriginal people with disabilities is preventable. Here are some solutions.
There is a double standard in public attitudes towards people with a learning disability.
On July 26, America celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This law and its predecessors changed the lives of those with disabilities. This is Jim’s story.
A new report into progress made since the Winterbourne View abuse scandal says despite call for radical change, not much has been happening.
Around 40% of Australian women drink alcohol while pregnant, despite medical guidelines recommending they don’t.
If the brain processes words and mathematical symbols differently, why not musical symbols too?
Mention the terms “intellectual giftedness” and “learning disability” and there is a general understanding of what each term means. However most people are unaware that in many circumstances the two can go hand in hand.
For some children, despite having no known physical or mental disability, learning to read, write, spell, do maths, dress, throw and catch a ball, or organise themselves presents significant challenges…
In the summer of 2010 as England was being knocked out of the World Cup in South Africa, something all together more hopeful was happening in London. A group of scientists, social researchers, parents…
How schools should support students with special educational needs and disabilities is a controversial area of research. Debates continue over whether certain conditions exist or not, or if they are “over…
In their recently published book, The Dyslexia Debate, Joe Elliott and Elena Grigorenko controversially call for the term “dyslexia” to be abandoned. They argue it is an imprecise label that does nothing…
There has been huge investment into research seeking to understand dyslexia in recent years. This has led to the development of tests that can be used to diagnose dyslexia and interventions to help children…
For people with learning disabilities the world can be a bewildering and strange place to get to grips with, but in hospitals it can be even worse. Sometimes members of staff at a busy hospital simply…
Using an e-reader may help some dyslexic students understand what they read more effectively, researchers at Harvard University argue. In a paper published in the journal PLOS One, the authors found that…
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