learning disabilities
Letters: How many more people with learning difficulties will be abused and scapegoated?

Letters: How many more people with learning difficulties will be abused and scapegoated?
A Big Issue reader points out the history of injustices people with learning difficulties have faced in the UK
This snooker club is giving people with physical and learning disabilities their big break

This snooker club is giving people with physical and learning disabilities their big break
Former snooker pro Stephen Harrison’s club is changing lives in Sheffield
My life was ruined when I was wrongly convicted of a sex crime – I didn’t even get an apology

My life was ruined when I was wrongly convicted of a sex crime – I didn’t even get an apology
Gareth Jones’s life was destroyed when he was wrongfully convicted of a crime. Ten years later, he finally cleared his name, yet he will not receive any compensation because of a change in the law
Life is more sparkly having a sister with Down’s syndrome
Life is more sparkly having a sister with Down’s syndrome
This afternoon tea is made and served by people with learning disabilities: ‘A wonderful celebration’
This afternoon tea is made and served by people with learning disabilities: ‘A wonderful celebration’
Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic
We may have learning disabilities – but we still want the same opportunities as everyone else

We may have learning disabilities – but we still want the same opportunities as everyone else
Learning disability services have faced ‘drastic reduction in funding’ despite saving NHS money

Learning disability services have faced ‘drastic reduction in funding’ despite saving NHS money
‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025

‘The world needs more kindness’: People with learning disabilities share their hopes for 2025
‘What gave them the right?’: Fury after doctors refused to resuscitate disabled man during pandemic

‘What gave them the right?’: Fury after doctors refused to resuscitate disabled man during pandemic
Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show

Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show
IDLES superfan with Angelman syndrome performs onstage with favourite band

IDLES superfan with Angelman syndrome performs onstage with favourite band
Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues

Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues
Teachers forced to choose which special needs children get help as funding crisis worsens
