If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning disability. But being autistic doesn't mean ...

October is Learning Disability Awareness Month, which charities have described as an opportunity to raise awareness around learning disabilities and challenge stigma. It comes as the Government's new ...

Extra funding is needed to help people with learning disabilities and autistic people move out of mental health hospitals because of the increasingly greater cost of community-based care, a government ...

Dozens of people with learning disabilities and autism were "locked away" in hospital across north west London as of September, new figures show. October is Learning Disability Awareness Month, which ...

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. Whether their child has ADHD, a learning disability or autism, parents of kids with special needs yearn ...

After waiting four years to get his son the support the family says he needs to navigate school with learning challenges, a ...

A campaign to help carers and healthcare professionals spot early signs of life-threatening constipation in people with learning disabilities has been launched by the NHS, with what it described as a ...

Higher education’s maximally inclusive approach to disability is resulting in a two-speed student population and destabilizing an already shaky system.

The study identifies persistent challenges that limit the adoption and scalability of AI- and IoT-enabled assistive systems.