Progress on improving health and social care for learning disabled people has been slow despite a damning report last year, the Department of Health said today. Progress on improving health and social ...

Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...

When most people think of a learning disability, they tend to associate it with challenges such as difficulty learning to read, difficulty with spelling or processing language. However, there is ...

Children born in December are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with a learning disorder as those born in January in school districts with a December 31 cut-off date. ADHD was found not to affect ...

The Healthcare Commission will carry out another review of learning disabilities services this year, following a damning study in 2007, it announced yesterday. The study, which will be carried out ...