This year’s Down Syndrome Research Forum is being held at UCL Institute of Education, London, UK on Monday/Tuesday 16th/17thSeptember 2019
It is hosted by Dr Jo Van Herwegen and the Child Development and Learning Difficulties lab in the department of Psychology and Human Development.
If you would li
This book, written by Peter Limbrick, was published in April 2019. It can be seen here.
Review copies are available for parent organisations, course tutors, academics and editors of magazines, blogs, journals, etc.
Please apply to Peter Limbrick: This email address is being protected from spambots.
From the team: We're looking to refresh the Foundation Years website as a hive of information and a community of best practice to support the early years workforce.
We'd really appreciate your help both in completing this quick survey by 5pm on Wednes
Read more: Foundation Years Team at NCB (UK) invite you to take a survey
See below for links to some relevant videos
Tom Rickert writes:
Dear friends and colleagues,
As we plan for our next newsletter, we are once again seeking articles and photos to illustrate news about inclusive public transport that is accessible to persons with disabilities. We are interested
Read more: News needed about transportation to school for students with disabilities
Karen Carr, a palliative care children’s nurse specialist from the University of Ulster, is researching health care professionals initiation of children's Advance Care Planning.
She is trying to identify any grey evidence (papers, guidance, toolkits etc. produced by organisations outside of th
Read more: Advance Care Planning in children’s palliative care. Can you help?
Dr Lindsay Mizen writes: "In our service in Edinburgh (UK), we're seeing more people presenting to the learning disability service who don't speak English as a first language and therefore presenting a challenge to services in terms of confirming or diagnosing LD with English language
Read more: Psychological assessment in a mix of languages. Can you help?
Ranilo Sorongon of the NORFIL Foundation is seeking any sort of manual or guidelines for the meaningful participation in discussion and decision making of children with autism, ADHD, cerebral palsy, deafness, intellectual impairment, seizure disorder, etc.
Contact: This email address is being protec
The committee are now accepting written evidence
The JCHR have been taking evidence on the inappropriate detention of children and young people with learning disabilities and autism. The committee has taken evidence both from individuals with learning disabilities and their families, a
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011