It may be the case that you didn’t even know your employee had a learning difficulty when you first hired them. So many difficulties are hidden, and many individuals with learning difficulties don’t ...

State Exams Commission is introducing major reforms in how it deals with applications for support for students with special needs Students with special needs who received supports for their Junior ...

An autistic man who has been supported to find work said he would struggle to cope without Universal Credit (UC) welfare payments. George Burt, 32, from Essex, is worried he will be affected by ...

Simple daily tests can raise a child's IQ in months, say researchers. Sinead Fagan reports on how the claims are being put to the test Psychologist Sarah Cassidy with Jamie and Sinead Fagan. Photo: ...

Babies with learning difficulties could soon be assessed in just 20 minutes using gaming technology developed by a Cork brother and sister. Experts from University College Cork's Infant research ...

AS artistic director with award-winning theatre group, Stage Beyond, Dee Conaghan has usually plenty to say: an encouraging word here, some supportive advice there... something to boost the ...

The project was by The Salvesen Mindroom Centre and the University of Edinburgh, in partnership with the James Lind Alliance. Young people with learning difficulties have highlighted key areas of ...

A care home has been downgraded to inadequate after inspectors found that residents were at risk of being scalded by its ...

Low academic grades do not always mean that your child has learning difficulties. Children with lower intellectual abilities or emotional stability may have low academic grades. Some children may even ...