An NHS and government-backed review misrecorded causes of death for hundreds of learning disabled people, leading to underreporting of avoidable deaths.

CHICAGO – When Jessica Anacker was in junior high, a teacher pulled her out of English class one day after she was bullied by a student because of her learning disability. Instead of disciplining the ...

July is Disability Pride Month, an event that promotes awareness for the about 61 million adults in the United States who live with at least one disability. These disabilities may not be physical or ...

The proportion of avoidable deaths among adults with a learning disability has fallen but is still almost double that of the general population, according to a new report. Some 733 (38.8%) of the ...

A review had found that 39% of deaths with a known cause had been avoidable. The figure has now been revised to 40%.

A Southwark-based football club for adults with learning disabilities has launched south London’s first disabled and non-disabled women’s inclusive tournament, ...

EXCLUSIVE: A British producer-director is working on what is believed to be the first major documentary about the learning disabled and autistic community in the film and TV industry. Lizzie Evans is ...

Learning disabled adults in Scotland are facing decades of "benign neglect" in older people's care homes where their needs are going unmet, campaigners warned today. There are at least 869 people with ...