Reasonable adjustments and better training improve health outcomes in the learning disability community

Megan Pritchard, a third-year nursing student at Aston University, has written a paper outlining the health inequalities ...
Medscape

Healthcare Workers to Receive Mandatory Training on Learning Disabilities and Autism

New mandatory training on learning disabilities and autism launched today, says Health Education England (HEE). In an effort to highlight a "lack of understanding of the needs of people with a ...
WHYY

Philly study focuses on learning how to use public transit as path to independence for people with learning disabilities

Luke Tomczuk, 28, of Philadelphia, is a member of a research team at Temple University studying the effectiveness of Chance to Ride, a training curriculum and program designed to teach young adults ...
Science Daily

Numerical learning disability: Dyscalculia linked to difficulties in reading and spelling

Between three and six percent of schoolchildren suffer from an arithmetic-related learning disability. Researchers now show that these children are also more likely to exhibit deficits in reading and ...
Medscape

Learning Disability Linked to Higher Risk for Death in T2D

In a cohort of approximately 0.3 million patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), those with learning disabilities exhibited better glycaemic control but faced a higher risk for all-cause and ...
WRAL

Few NC students with learning disabilities are passing. Will NC's new reading program help them?

When Leah Rumbarger adds up the dollars her family has spent on education services for her dyslexic daughters, she wonders how most people could ever afford it. Her family spent $4,000 for two ...
Psychology Today

Education and Learning Disabilities Therapists in Bradenton, FL

I specialize in psychoeducational evaluations for giftedness, learning disabilities, ADHD, social-emotional concerns; counseling utilizing CBT, ACT, ERP, or SPACE; and applied behavior analysis ...