The following is a carefully curated list of resources that might be useful to members of the Learning Disabilities group. Please let us know if any of the links no longer work, have inappropriate content, or if you have any links you would like to share.
National oraganisation working with and for people with a learning disability.
Learning disabilities - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Choice Forum - the UK learning Disabilties Forum
Foundation for people with learning difficulties
Learning Disabilities - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Nutrition guidelines and recommendations.
What do Dietitians need to know when seeing a patient with a learning disability? BDA
Meeting nutritional and hydration needs - Health & Social Care Act 2008
Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) - Nutrition & Diet
BDA - The Nutritional Care of Adults with a Learning Disability in Care Settings
Eating Well - Children and Adults with learning Disabilities. Caroline Walker Trust
Managing weight with a learning disability - NHS
Weight management for people with a learning disbility - BDA
Supporting people with learning disabilities to have a healthy diet - gov.uk
Learning disabilities UK data & statistics
Mencap - latest research and statistics about learning disability issues
Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory
Health inequality guidelines and recommendations.
LeDeR - Learning from lives and death. Action from Learning Report
Improving healthcare access for people with learning disabilities Gov.uk
Mental Capacity Act guidelines.
Mental Capacity Act 2005 gov.uk
Mencap - What is the Mental Capacity Act?
Mencap - mental Capacity Act Resource Pack
Miscellanious links:
Care & support of people growing older with LD (NICE 2018)