A learning disability is defined by 3 core criteria: lower intellectual ability (usually an IQ of less than 70), significant impairment of social or adaptive functioning, and onset in childhood.

Provision for people with both learning disabilities and challenging behaviour has “lagged behind” services for other groups, says the author of key guidance published 14 years ago. Services were ...

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Children with special needs can often be held back by factors which are not related to the disability with which they are born. From an early stage in their development they can be treated differently ...