There are over 7 million adults living with developmental or intellectual disabilities in the U.S. Yet many day programs for those with developmental disabilities have a cut-off age of 22. Disability ...
William Blake House in Northamptonshire under investigation after families raise concerns over management ...
Disability advocates protest new rules for the Developmental Disability Administration outside the State House in November. (Photo by Danielle J. Brown/Maryland Matters) The transition to adulthood ...
About 80 percent of Americans believe the statement “people with learning disabilities are just as smart as you and me” to be generally accurate. But a majority of the public also link learning ...
Having learning disabilities as a child taught me many lessons. I learned many life skills earlier than my peers, and there are still many adults who struggle with the things I have been doing since ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shared Lives organised cookery course (Image: Swindon Borough Council) Adults with learning disabilities have finished a six-week ...
Editor’s note: This guest essay is part of Education Lab’s Student Voices program. Read more columns by local students here. As a person with a disability, I’ve felt different from my peers since day ...
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Learning disability 'placements', with patients often sent outside NI, costing DoH £100m a year
Placements for adults with learning disabilities, often outside Northern Ireland, are costing the Department of Health £100 million per year - a fifth of the total budget for the sector. That is ...
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