Learning Disabilities

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Learning disabilities service could become blueprint to save NHS billions

Radcliffe Place is the UK's only residential assessment unit which supports young people aged 16 to 25 with learning disabilities in emergency situations.

23 Oct

Tables and chairs on gravel outside an old building with a bottle of hand sanatiser on a table on the right of the picture

Café which employs people with learning disabilities to shut over costs

The Jersey charity Beresford Street Kitchen will close its La Hougue Bie Tea Rooms in November due to reduced funding and higher costs.

30 Aug

People with autism and learning disabilities 'locked up' in hospitals

Janis Griffiths' son William was sectioned while in independent living accommodation in 2019 but she was eventually able to bring him home.

17 Apr

Millions spent on keeping adults with learning disabilities locked up

Campaigners hope to run day centre for adults with learning disabilities

Musical about changing how people with learning disabilities are cared for

Housing for adults with learning disabilities announces closure in Sussex

Rob McElhenney diagnosed with learning disabilities aged 46

'It took me two years to talk to people - now I've got a full-time tourism job'

Psychologists 'overwhelmed' by number of children with special educational needs

Hollyoaks star prepares for Mount Snowdon 'Push to the Peak' fundraiser

The recycling centre removing barriers for people with learning disabilities

What's a sensory room and how can it help people with learning disabilities?

North East autistic footballers prepare for Costa Blanca Cup

Covid booster advice sent to vulnerable people with learning disabilities