A disproportionate number of people in UK prisons have learning disabilities. Three of them tell their stories.
Revealed: National plans to transform learning disabilities care branded as ‘failing’ by nurses
Shortages of learning disabilities nurses are hampering long-drawn national plans to end the practice of vulnerable people being inappropriately sent away from their families for care, leading nurses have warned.
Scandal of the autistic youngsters locked in solitary confinement: Hundreds of children are being held in appalling conditions and routinely abused in secluded padded cells
Kent Tomorrows Leaders course- consultation
Bemix and LDE are very excited to be planning a course next summer for people with learning difficulties to train as leaders! It is all about speaking up to make life better for other people. To find out more and let us know you are interested, click the button below and fill in the form.
If you can fill in the form by Wednesday 28th November it will help us get the course funded.
Can cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) work for those with learning disabilities?
Any treatment will work best when those receiving it fully buy into the process, but how effective can it be for those with learning disabilities who may lack understanding? Darren Devine reports.