{"id":419,"date":"2024-02-27T10:29:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/?page_id=419"},"modified":"2024-02-27T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T13:00:19","slug":"learning-disability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/learning-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning disability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A learning disability affects the way a person learns new things. It starts before adulthood and affects a person\u2019s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A person with a learning disability may need help to understand information, learn skills and live a fulfilling life. They may have healthcare needs and require support to communicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3yvZYyeWE20?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MENCAP\u2019s video talks about what learning disability means to people with learning disabilities and their families.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What does learning disability really mean?\" width=\"1520\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3yvZYyeWE20?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful links:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mencap.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mencap<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scld.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scottish Commission for Learning Disability<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/binaries\/content\/documents\/govscot\/publications\/strategy-plan\/2013\/06\/keys-life-improving-quality-life-people-learning-disabilities\/documents\/keys-life-improving-quality-life-people\/keys-life-improving-quality-life-people\/govscot%3Adocument\/00424389.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keys for Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A learning disability affects the way a person learns new things. It starts before adulthood and affects a person&rsquo;s development. A person with a learning disability may need help to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"davidmcbain","author_link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/author\/davidmcbain\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"A learning disability affects the way a person learns new things. It starts before adulthood and affects a person&rsquo;s development. A person with a learning disability may need help to","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/ehre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}