News - Liberal Democrat Disability Association

Are attitudes changing to the 1.4m people in the UK with a learning disability?

If you are among the approximately 1.4m children and adults in the UK born with a learning disability, it's likely that through no fault of your own you will experience a number of injustices in your life. From feeling largely invisible and isolated to being excluded from many of the activities that make life worth living - friendship, love, employment, leisure and further education - the chance of you living the kind of life you want to is vastly reduced if you have a learning disability.

1 Sep 2015

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UCL and Mencap publish review of attitudes towards people with a learning disability

New analysis for the first time looks at research into public attitudes towards people with a learning disability

1 Sep 2015

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7 ways Iain Duncan Smith has 'helped' disabled people so far

Iain Duncan Smith's policies have not always been well-received by those with disabilities.

31 Aug 2015

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”You won’t be able to do that”: The journey through education with additional needs…

Education can really shape who we are as individuals, It gives you the knowledge and power to move forward in your life and acts as a mechanism to break down barriers that prevent you from achieving. During some time I spent in India five years ago, I learned how valued education was and how enthusiastic Indian children were to go to school and learn. The image of children living in quite extreme poverty, turning up to school every day with big smiles on their faces, will stay with me for the rest of my life and I've become very grateful for my own education and how much I've achieved.

31 Aug 2015

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Disabled coach faces IDS bedroom tax appeal… as PM recognises his volunteering

A disabled football coach has been recognised by the prime minister with a national volunteering award, even though that work is threatened by a legal battle over the "bedroom tax" with work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith.

28 Aug 2015

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Exclusive: DWP Admit Using Fake Claimant’s Comments In Benefit Sanctions Leaflet

Government officials have admitted that claimant's comments used in an official benefit sanctions information leaflet were "for illustrative purposes only".

26 Aug 2015

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