Learning disabilities

Autism and mental health

Autism is a developmental disability that affects how people communicate and experience the world around them. It isn’t a mental health problem.

Hanifa's blog is about Ramadan

14 July 2015, Hanifa Islam

Hanifa talks about Ramadan through a warm London summer...

Learning Disability Week 2015: our thoughts so far...

16 June 2015,

Is Access To Work Doing Enough To Secure Disabled People Employment?

24 April 2015, Guest Blogger

Employment lead, Keith Bates, heads to Malaysia for 'Big Society' discussions around learning disabilities

9 April 2015, Keith Bates

Hanifa's Outing with Her Circle of Support

20 February 2015, Hanifa Islam

I have a circle of support in the workplace. It was set up when I started here nearly ten years ago because it helped me get to know colleagues in other teams.

Dental care, sight tests and prescriptions are no longer automatically free for people with severe impairments

16 February 2015, Guest Blogger

We have recently discovered that dental care, sight tests and prescriptions are no longer automatically free for those people with the most severe impairments under the new benefit system.