Features

Simon Cook with his company Orbis Support’s personalised IT care

Customised IT makes truly person-centred service

How one company’s innovative computer technology is providing high

05 Jan 2017

Sheila Hollins

Every picture tells a story

Well-designed picture books can help nurses to approach difficult subje

28 Dec 2016

Lecturer Scott Watkin speaking

Learning from experience: what happened when one university employed a lecturer with learning difficulties

Three years ago the University of Hertfordshire employed Scott Watkin, a man with learning

07 Oct 2016

Down's syndrome child

Myths and misconceptions: what people say to parents who have a child with Down’s syndrome

For parents, the birth of child is always a special occasion.

12 Sep 2016

Emotions

Changing lives through happiness

How prioritising the person and what makes them happy has transformed the lives of eight h

26 Aug 2016

Jonathan Beebee

‘The doctors said I would be a “cabbage”, unable to walk or talk’

At 19 Jonathan Beebee confounded doctors by making a full recovery after a violent attack.

23 Jun 2016

Steven Young and team

RCNi award winners tackle health inequalities for people with learning disabilities

Six nursing students have been rewarded for their efforts to improve learning disability c

13 Jun 2016

Autism services are ‘letting people down’

People with learning disabilities and autism

31 May 2016

In the front line of risk from violence

Violence perpetrated by patients against nurs

11 Aug 2015

Learning Disability Practice is published by RCNi, the publishing company of the Royal College of Nursing.