There are over 7 million adults living with developmental or intellectual disabilities in the U.S. Yet many day programs for those with developmental disabilities have a cut-off age of 22. Disability ...

The researchers found that adults with learning disabilities had lower odds of poor glycemic control, faster insulin initiation, and double the risk for all-cause and diabetes-related mortality, ...

People with learning disabilities with covid-19 are five times more likely to be admitted to hospital and eight times more likely to die compared with the general population of England, finds a study ...

Lord Paul Scriven, a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, has spent years championing the rights of learning ...

While epilepsy affects one percent of the general population, this figure rises to 22.2% for people with learning disabilities. The researchers analysed nearly 10,000 deaths of adults with ...

There are now 3 potential coronavirus vaccines demonstrating an efficacy rate of over 90%. Earlier this month, stark data emerged on the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on individuals ...

This is an easy English version of the story. For the standard English version, click here. We know that people with a learning disability get worse healthcare than other people. A report said that ...

The lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts was much higher for women who had been diagnosed with learning disabilities (16.6 percent) compared to women who had not (3.3 percent), new research has ...

It is crucial for practitioners to be able to recognise when an adult with learning disabilities is at risk This article summarises a Community Care Inform guide on forced marriage of adults with ...

TULSA, Okla. — Pathways Adult Learning Center will host its annual prom for adults with intellectual disabilities at the Silo Event Center in Tulsa on Friday evening. The prom will take place from 6 p ...