The National Autistic Society has said that a new paper by Professor Uta Frith about autism term becoming too broad to be ...

As the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, sets out priorities for the future of health and social care, there is a vital ...

This edition of LDT In Focus aims to highlight and discuss the issues: That family carers might face. We have an interview with learning disability nurses Jim Blair and Geoff Brennan, which highlights ...

With reform of the Mental Health Act, new guidance from NHS England focuses on supporting autistic people and people with ...

Pulp Friction joined forces with local social enterprise The Urban Worm CIC to trial the first Compost Masters course of its ...

Adults with profound or severe learning disabilities are more likely to have controversial do-not-resuscitate (DNA-CPR) orders made against them, according to new findings from the latest edition of ...

The new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has set out his vision for the future of social care reform, saying it is one of the ...

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With the indefinite delay to the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS), how can people identify when a deprivation of liberty may be taking place using the current system . . . The ...

The draft consultation for guidance on the Down Syndrome Act 2022 so far fails to recognise the importance of learning disability nurses in the health and wellbeing of people with Down's syndrome . . ...

There has been a surge in demand for occupational therapy, driven by an increase in people with multiple and complex health conditions, according to new research from the Royal College of Occupational ...

Almost a decade ago, the NHS launched a campaign to reduce psychotropic medication rates. The initiative, stopping overmedication of people with learning disabilities and autism (STOMP), went ...