This week is Learning Disability Week. It takes place in the third week of June every year and in 2024, it's running from the 17-23 June. The event, organised by the charity Mencap, and is an ...

To mark the launch of his thought-provoking book 'Beautiful Lives: how did we get learning disabilities so wrong', author and ...

Have you ever noticed how some children have difficulty with reading, writing, or solving arithmetic calculations? This does not mean that the child is mentally retarded or has a mental disability.

Recently, vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and his wife Gwen shared with People magazine that their son has a non-verbal learning disability (NVLD). What does that mean? From the name, you’d think ...

This week, a very important report was released by the not-for-profit organisation Social Finance, funded by The Henry Smith Charity. They found, after three years evaluating 15 organisations giving ...

Caroline Richter, Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Psychology, says learning disabilities are common, and there are many ways for parents to ...

But the most common age of death for people without a learning disability is about 87 years old. This is 20 years longer.

THE National Learning Network (NLN) officially opened its new centre for people with disabilities, at Linenhall Street, ...

Students with disabilities face a gamut of challenges when it comes to accessing high-quality K-12 education, including a shortage of specialized teachers. The nation’s growing English-learner ...

In Beautiful Lives, Stephen Unwin sets out to offer a historical overview of the treatment of those with learning disabilities in the West, along with new ways of approaching them today. His reason ...