A review had found that 39% of deaths with a known cause had been avoidable. The figure has now been revised to 40%.

The proportion of avoidable deaths among adults with a learning disability has fallen but is still almost double that of the general population, according to a new report. Some 733 (38.8%) of the ...

An NHS and government-backed review misrecorded causes of death for hundreds of learning disabled people, leading to ...

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, ...

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 ...

Serious case reviews of deaths of 33-year-old man and 52-year-old woman find common failings in monitoring of patients’ physical health needs Margaret Flynn, the lead author of the two serious case ...

Not all children learn at the same speed or through the same ways, but persistent challenges with reading, writing, and mathematics may warrant testing for a learning disability. Learning disabilities ...

A Southwark-based football club for adults with learning disabilities has launched south London’s first disabled and non-disabled women’s inclusive tournament, ...