This Down’s Syndrome Day (21st March), a local NHS trust is encouraging people who have a learning disability to have their ...

It all started with a manikin. When training her Yale School of Nursing (YSN) students in clinical skills, Christine Rodriguez will often use the human-shaped models in simulated health care ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

NEWS. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CDC FINDS AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ON THE RISE. A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD SAYS THOSE PATIENTS FACE A SERIOUS GAP IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES ...

Credit: Getty Images Health care workers with disabilities face significant challenges, such as employment discrimination, lack of accessibility, and ableism. Nurses constitute the largest group of ...

NHS England must do more to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities when they are treated in hospital, the patient safety body said. The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) ...

From his seat in the stands, Kevin Carlson's eyes lock on a giant of a man straddling the top rope of the ring. Carlson, a self-described WWE wrestling junkie who has cerebral palsy, boos the reviled ...

An apology has been made to a man with a learning disability after they did not receive the care coordinator they were entitled to. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found fault with the ...