Learning Disability

Why, in an enlightened society, do we still persist in alienating and bullying people with disability? The Home Office issues an annual report on Hate Crime that provides statistics on…

This week we are thinking about Co-Production in social care – is it more than just a snappy term for a hard-to-achieve concept? I hear a lot these days about…

Having people with disabilities rely on the state to subsist ignores the benefits to society of supporting them to work. I rarely peruse The Economist (call me an airhead, but…

For World Autism Awareness Week, educating people about our full-on world helped foster better understanding of life with this condition. There is a wealth of information doing the rounds at…

A new scheme in the South West aims to improve dental health for people with learning disabilities through a peer-support project. Dental health in this sector is an important matter.…

Sometimes, developing communication could be hampered by the basics. Ruby was a new worker who had previously had experience in a very forward thinking special school. Her job had been…

Hospitals and other health providers have launched a series of videos and pamphlets to help people with learning disability that need to attend appointments, undergo screening or who are affected…

How easy is it to involve service users in basic infection control? I’m on the train again, which seems to be a theme for writing these blog posts and today…