June 30, 2025  |  learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk

New Dental Care Project A project called Caring Beyond Words is using art to make dental care better for people with learning disabilities. The project will test new ideas to make dentist visits...

June 30, 2025  |  learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk

New Toolkit for Learning Disabilities A student made a toolkit to help people with learning disabilities learn about relationships, consent, and autonomy using a traffic light system. The toolkit...

June 30, 2025  |  learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk

Spending Review: What It Means for Us Rachel Reeves' review: More money for health, social care, and schools. More doctors and appointments. Help closer to home. The government will spend more on...

June 30, 2025  |  learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk

New NHS Guide for Mental Capacity Act NHS England has new rules to help hospitals use the Mental Capacity Act for adults with learning disabilities. Staff should learn and use these rules. The...

June 30, 2025  |  learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk

Help for Parent Carers Parent carers feel tired and lonely. They struggle to afford things, even with benefits. Many can't replace broken items like washing machines. Benefits don't cover living...

June 30, 2025  |  learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk

Autism and Parkinson's Link A study says people with autism might get Parkinson's more often. It looked at over two million people and found a link between the two conditions. The study looked at...

June 30, 2025  |  learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk

Celebrating Leaders with Disabilities Awards celebrate people with learning disabilities and autism who help their communities in advocacy, sports, arts, work, and education. Tess made her...

June 30, 2025  |  learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk

Carers Face Health Challenges Nearly half of UK carers have worse health from caring. Many skip doctor visits to care for others. This affects about 10.7 million people. More women carers have...

June 30, 2025  |  learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk

Eye Tests for Learning Disability Week SeeAbility has made a new video for Learning Disability Week. The video talks about how important eye tests are for people with learning. Famous people...

June 30, 2025  |  learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk

Changes to Benefits for Disabled People A new Bill about Universal Credit and PIP may hurt people with disabilities. Charities worry it will make many use food banks. The Bill plans to cut money...