It is part of the authority's plan to cater for a 25% increase in the number of pupils with learning difficulties in the last three years.
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Sharon Carden - a woman in her 50s with learning difficulties - lives in her own flat in Littlehampton.
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Some healthcare workers, who look after people with learning difficulties in Lincolnshire, have gone on strike over a pay dispute.
Ms Lees, who works with people with learning difficulties in East Sussex, has travelled thousands of miles to give evidence.
The prevalence of many indigenous languages in Mexico can pose difficulties with regards to learning resources and communication in the community.
Carers of adults with physical and learning difficulties in Guernsey have given a mixed response to new plans for the provision of respite care.
The Foresight team also looked at what science could do to buffer against mental ill health, such as spotting and treating learning difficulties in children or developing biomarkers for dementia earlier in older people.
I'm very concerned that a lot of vulnerable people, people sleeping out in our streets, who suffer from mental health problems, or learning difficulties and end up in our prisons, are not being looked after properly.
The school caters for more than 100 pupils with moderate and severe learning difficulties, ranging in age from three to 19.
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Three-quarters of these said they were facing difficulties in funding services for people with learning disabilities, and were making cuts or what they called "efficiency savings".
They were also devoted carers for their 17-year-old grandson, who has severe learning difficulties and is now in care.
Peter Lewis, 68, a vulnerable man with learning difficulties, was stabbed in the stomach by William Jones, 32, in Roath, Cardiff, on 28 April last year.
The research is based on the belief that deficiencies in fatty acids can cause serious learning difficulties which are more to do with a child's metabolism than his or her neurological condition.
Cheviot View in Longbenton provides overnight and short-term stays for children with behavioural needs while Castledene in South Gosforth caters for adults with learning difficulties.
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Although the drug is unlikely to relieve all of the symptoms of the disorder, decreasing anxiety in people with Rett syndrome may mitigate symptoms including learning difficulties, the inclination to withdraw socially and even the tendency to hyperventilate.
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Mr Simpson, who had Asperger's Syndrome and learning difficulties, was bullied during the party at his flat in Cudworth due to his disability and sexuality, prosecutors had said.
Rachel Morris, YMCA Derbyshire's head of housing and communities, said many young people at the YMCA's 88-bed hostel in Derby were vulnerable and had mental health problems or learning difficulties.
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Mencap, which campaigns for Britain's 1.2 million people with learning difficulties, welcomed the research, but said that, in order to allow people more choice in placements, extra funding was needed.
The report summarizes the multi-stakeholder debate organized at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, on 17 and 18 November 2011, which focused on challenges of, and practical solutions for, promoting personalization through technology in the classrooms for students, particularly for those with learning difficulties and physical disabilities.
Of the 312 people with learning difficulties who were questioned, 17% had had a reduction in their number of support hours and 13% had been given less money to pay for support.
The Suffolk Befriending Scheme for People with Learning Difficulties was set up nearly 25 years ago and now has centres in Sudbury, Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich, Felixstowe, Stowmarket, Lowestoft and Haverhill.
Deplorable living conditions, difficulties learning the English language and dealing with the rustic surroundings of minor league baseball in a foreign country were commonplace issues.
The Dome itself says it would be marvellous if some of the games in the Play Zone could find new homes and points out that one of the two "kaleidoscope" games in the zone are likely to go to a school for children with learning difficulties, as reported on the BBC Radio 4's Today programme last month.
The woman, who now lives with her mother and sisters in the south of England, had a series of strokes which left her with learning difficulties.
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By 2007 - fending off rumours he was about to join Labour - he angered many in his own party by agreeing to advise the government on support for children with learning difficulties.
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