Learning Disabilities
Understand learning disabilities, how they affect individuals differently, and the importance of tailored support. These articles provide accessible information for families, educators, and those with learning disabilities themselves.
All About Asperger Syndrome
Asperger syndrome is a specific type of autism, and perhaps one of the more widely known 'types'. Autism, or autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), affects the wa...
All About Reading Disabilities
It is thought that around 80 per cent of children with a learning disability also have some level of reading disability. The reason for most reading disabili...
All About Williams Syndrome
William's syndrome (WB) is also known by the name Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS). The syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, which is caused by the...
All About Writing Disabilities
There are many ways in which learning disabilities can manifest themselves, and perhaps one of the most familiar and widely known of these are writing disabi...
Art Therapy and Learning Disabilities
Some people with a learning disability may have difficulty with spoken communication or social skills. There are people that also have difficulties with non-...
Challenging Behaviour
Challenging behaviour can occur in people with dementia and psychosis, but is also sometimes apparent in those with a learning disability. It can commonly oc...
Diagnosing and Assessing Learning Disabilities
When one hears about a learning disability, they frequently assume that the term refers to students or children. While this is often true, there are many adu...
How I Detected Signs of Autism in My Child: Case Study
Parents like to keep a close eye on their child’s development and often worry when they notice behaviour or responses that seem abnormal. Young kids go thr...
How to Define and Categorise Learning Disabilities
It is estimated that around 1 in 220 children in the UK has some level of learning disability. There are many conditions and syndromes that are encompassed a...
Incontinence and Learning Disabilities
Many people that have severe or profound learning disabilities cannot live independently, and require daily assistance with intimate and personal care such a...
Learning Disabilities and Self-Injurious Behaviour
It is only since the 1980s that community-based studies into self-injurious behaviour (SIB) has been conducted. Before this time, any research tended to be r...
Menopause and Women a Learning Disability
There are several times in a woman’s life when changing hormones have a substantial effect on her physical, mental and emotional state – most commonly du...
Mental Health Issues
People with learning disabilities are thought to be more vulnerable to mental health issues. This can be for several reasons; their psychiatric illness may b...
Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities
Non-Verbal Learning Disability (NVLD) is the name for a syndrome that describes and summarises a collective number of deficiencies that affect emotional, soc...
Transitions and Young People With Learning Disabilities
For many young people, moving from school life into a new ‘phase’ of young adulthood – be it at 16 or 18 – can be both an exciting and daunting prosp...
What Is a Learning Disability?
The term ‘learning disability’ can seem quite ambiguous, especially since the definition differs somewhat in the UK and USA. However the World Health Org...
What is Opposition Defiance Disorder?
Tantrums and difficult behaviour in children is not uncommon, especially during early developmental years – the ‘Terrible Twos’ – and later during te...