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

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

If they do find a partner, it can be logistically difficult to sustain the relationship and they can face judgement from other people, with one parent describing how people tut when they see her son ...

Selina Likely, the director of Edwards Creative Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, was motivated to pursue a career in child care after a program expelled her 1-year-old daughter for biting. Credit: ...

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When Selina Likely became director of the Edwards Creative Learning Center six years ago, she knew there was one longstanding practice that she wanted to change. For as long as she had taught at the ...

Medical school graduate Eshani Kishore never received any formal education in how to treat patients with disabilities, considered one of the largest minority groups in the nation. “If we were more ...

People with learning disability are being diagnosed with cancer too late, according to research from The University of Manchester and The Christie hospital. A study found symptoms were investigated ...