{"id":3,"date":"2021-04-08T14:31:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2023-01-18T15:05:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T15:05:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello, welcome to the NHS Lothian Learning Disability Service.\u00a0 On this site you will find:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Contact information for Health Services within NHS Lothian for people with a Learning Disability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simple health care advice and helpful resources to support work with people with a learning disability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Links to relevant guidelines and legislation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a learning disability?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Learning disability&#8217; is an umbrella term covering many different intellectual disabilities. It means that a person&#8217;s capacity to learn is affected and that they may not learn things as quickly as other people. Sometimes a learning disability is called an intellectual disability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A learning disability is not an illness.&nbsp; Some people with a learning disability also experience mental health problems such as depression, but they are not the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People usually have a learning disability from birth or sometimes from early childhood. Although it is a permanent condition, people with a learning disability can and do learn and develop with the right sorts of support from other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do learning disabilities vary?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning disabilities are often categorised as mild, moderate or severe. People with a learning disability vary a great deal in the help they may need in meeting their basic needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To summarise &#8211;&nbsp;a learning disability is:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A significant, lifelong condition that started before adulthood, that affected all aspects of the person&#8217;s development and which means that they need help to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Understand information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cope independently<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, welcome to the NHS Lothian Learning Disability Service.&nbsp; On this site you will find: What is a learning disability? &lsquo;Learning disability&rsquo; is an umbrella term covering many different intellectual disabilities. It means that a person&rsquo;s capacity to learn is affected and that they may not learn things as quickly as other people. Sometimes a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/author\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"Hello, welcome to the NHS Lothian Learning Disability Service.&nbsp; On this site you will find: What is a learning disability? &lsquo;Learning disability&rsquo; is an umbrella term covering many different intellectual disabilities. It means that a person&rsquo;s capacity to learn is affected and that they may not learn things as quickly as other people. Sometimes a","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/learningdisabilities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}