Give more people with learning disabilities the chance to work, Cambridge historian argues

Employment levels for people with learning disabilities in the UK are 5 to 10 times lower than they were a hundred years ago. And the experiences of workers

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 21, 2023 ~10 min

Children with rare genetic disorders more likely to be diagnosed with developmental, behavioural and mental health problems

A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased likelihood

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 3, 2022 ~6 min


"It’s almost as if they don’t exist”: Education policy fails to account for PMLD learners

The policy framework that supposedly guides education for pupils with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) is setting expectations and goals

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 9, 2021 ~6 min

"It’s almost as if they don’t exist”: Education policy failing to account for learners with PMLD

The policy framework that supposedly guides education for pupils with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) is setting expectations and goals

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Nov. 9, 2021 ~6 min

Global evidence for how EdTech can support pupils with disabilities is ‘thinly spread’, report finds

An "astonishing" deficit of data about how the global boom in educational technology could help pupils with disabilities in low and middle-income countries has

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 26, 2021 ~6 min

Disabled teachers face significant workplace discrimination despite drive for more inclusive schools

One of the first academic studies to examine the working lives of disabled teachers in England has called for ‘urgent change’ after finding evidence of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 29, 2021 ~7 min

Experts call for more mental health support for parents of children with genetic learning disabilities

Parents of children with genetic conditions that cause learning disabilities are at risk of mental health problems, suggests new research published today in the British Journal of Psychiatry. The teams behind the study have called for greater support for parents whose child receives a genetic diagnosis for their learning disability.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 11, 2020 ~5 min

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