The new Mental Health Act has received Royal Assent, meaning it is now law. This provides the legal framework to detain and ...

The Government's additional £3 billion in funding for new specialist SEND places in mainstream schools has been met with ...

LeDeR is withdrawing its 2023 annual report and an updated version will be published in January 2026 due to a technical issue ...

A new report from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission found that support for children with SEND who are out of school or ...

A new study has found that people with a learning disability who have epilepsy face a greater threat of dying younger than ...

There are around 16.1m people in the UK with a disability yet almost half of all websites analysed in a new report need ...

Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services ...

People with a learning disability are more prone to constipation than those without learning disabilities. They are also more likely to present differently or have difficulty communicating their ...

Co-pilot and the National Autistic Society have developed new road safety resource for professionals to better support autistic and neurodiverse learners.

An independent review will explore the similarities and differences between mental health conditions, ADHD and autism as ...

Disabled people are significantly more likely to report feeling lonely, than the general population, with findings showing that two in five of people living with disabilities experience loneliness, ...

Over 98% of parents who legally appeal a local authority decision about lack of proper support for their children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) go on to win the appeal at a ...