Learning Disability

One of Greater Manchester’s projects, GM GOLD (Growing Older with Learning Disabilities), has launched a report on their findings. GM GOLD was an inclusive research project carried out by a team of older people with learning disabilities. They [...]

Leep1, Leeds People First, is looking for a new Chair and Directors to join its board. Leep1 is part of Advonet and is a people-first organisation co-led by and run for adults with learning disabilities. The Chair [...]

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) has the following useful resources on its website: Learning Disability information page  Autism information page   Easy read resources You can contact the LTHT Learning Disabilities & Autism team by: Telephone: [...]

Colleagues from the NHS in Leeds have developed an easy read leaflet to help people with a learning disability speak to their GP about a referral for outpatient appointments. You can download the leaflet here. The local [...]

To celebrate Learning Disability Week, representatives from two of our member organisations kindly spoke to us about how they have been operating through the Covid pandemic, the resilience staff and members have shown, and how they are [...]

Leeds Mencap is ready to recruit new learners for its Supported Internship Programme, which will hopefully start in September. The Supported Employment service provides young people aged 16-25 with the opportunity to start or continue their journey [...]

Ahead of Learning Disability Week, Connect in the North/Through the Maze are asking organisations delivering online services to people with learning disabilities at this time to send them their weekly timetables to be included in an overall [...]

Leeds Autism Services (LAS) has launched a new website, to provide easily accessible information about the charity and with the aim of reflecting who they are as a modern organisation which views autistic people as an important, [...]