My view is that by focusing on strengths, we can help kids to feel that they can overcome any stigma that they might face.” Northwestern student David Bogner Mentorship Program pairs Northwestern & ...

A local charity's hoping to put its service users in the spotlight this Learning Disability Awareness Week. Starting today (Monday 15 June), the theme this year is 'do you see me'? Manx Mencap is ...

Credit: Small Group of Colleagues @ Jordon Nicholson/Disability:IN – CC BY-ND 4.0. A study by the Canadian Association for Supported Employment (CASE) and the Centre for Community Based Research (CCBR ...

If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning disability. But being autistic doesn't mean ...

Intellectual disabilities affect a child’s ability to learn and function at levels considered typical for their age. Learning disabilities affect a child’s ability to master specific skills, like ...

On a simple math task - indicating which of two amounts is greater - kids with math learning disability get the right answer as often as their good-at-math peers, but behind the scenes, their brains ...

Annabell Downey’s breast cancer was diagnosed only after she collapsed and was taken to hospital — by which point it had already spread. Her experience highlights growing evidence that having a ...