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October's Most Popular Articles...
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Vulnerable Adults and Protection from Crime: People with learning disabilities may find it difficult to fit in with mainstream society. This can be for a number of reasons, as they… [70 views in Oct]
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What is PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Disability?: When acquiring knowledge about disabilities and learning disabilities, the term ‘profound and multiple learning… [56 views in Oct]
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Normalisation and Learning Disabilities: Until relatively recently, people with learning disabilities were often rejected and socially excluded from mainstream society.… [52 views in Oct]
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Quick Guide to Semantic Pragmatic Disorder: Semantic Pragmatic Disorder, now more commonly known as Pragmatic Language Impairment (PLI) describes an impairment in understanding… [48 views in Oct]
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Social Inclusion and Learning Disabilities: Historically, people of all ages with learning disabilities have faced poor life chances, largely due to social exclusion. They’ve… [40 views in Oct]
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The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act: When the government published their Valuing People white paper in 2001, they clearly outlined their desire to protect and… [36 views in Oct]
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Comments
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Lozy
Re: Vulnerable Adults and Protection from Crime
I am asking for help in regards to my younger brother. He is 42 with learning disabilities, he is extremely…
26 May 2024 -
Lozy
Re: Vulnerable Adults and Protection from Crime
I am asking for help in regards to my younger brother. He is 42 with learning disabilities, he is extremely…
26 May 2024 -
Lozy
Re: Vulnerable Adults and Protection from Crime
I am asking for help in regards to my younger brother. He is 42 with learning disabilities, he is extremely…
26 May 2024 -
Lozy
Re: Vulnerable Adults and Protection from Crime
I am asking for help in regards to my younger brother. He is 42 with learning disabilities, he is extremely…
26 May 2024 -
Ruby
Re: The Human Rights Act and Learning Disabilities
I have now been waiting for adaptations to my home since 2016, these as assessed adaptations which I have…
23 February 2024 -
Chadderton
Re: Advocacy for Individuals With Learning Disabilities
A 63 year old friend of mine who has learning disabilities, he attended a special school and can…
16 December 2023 -
Kev
Re: Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities
I have been struggling with some of the above since secondary school (I'm now early 60s). I was way ahead in verbal and…
17 November 2023 -
Tom
Re: Advocacy for Individuals With Learning Disabilities
My partner (F35) has a twin brother who has learning difficulties. They have always had a good…
8 October 2023
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