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Learning disability and Mental health awareness

Saturday, 29 March 2025

It is important to understand the difference between learning disabilities and mental health.

 Most people do not understand the difference between learning disabilities and mental health. 

There is always times everyone does not feel themselves, but it is a case of how long it lasts and how often. 

It is due to concern whether it lasts longer than necessary.

 Mental health does not connect to Learning disabilities because people

 without disabilities can also face mental illness. 


However,’ it is true say a lot of people who face learning disabilities face Mental – ill health too, 

more so than those without learning disabilities.

 The reason why this could be confusing is because 

life around people could affect us through our lives. 

For example; if we see our family, our parents, full out,

 part, divorce etc, whether it has happened very early childhood whenever it is. 


That does not necessarily make our parent or

 family members the ones to blame because some

 if not, most relationships are not meant to be 

but when we are children that is hard to

 understand and still can for most of us have

 an effect on ourselves and our relationships,

 even though most may understand why our

 parents may have broken up when we were children. 

Having learning disabilities does not 

make a person worse off than someone

 without a learning disability who has

 faced their parents etc break up.

People with learning disability may 

just take longer to understand 

than those without. 

That is just an example, 

but it could be any situation,

 where it affects Mental health

 emotional well-being. 


Reasons why this could be for example.

 For example; most people with Autism,

 melt downs, and ADHD face high levels of Anxiety. 

 Poor health, poor health care,

 vulnerability, needing more support,

 even too much support, being misunderstood,

 impact on attitudes people may have

 on people with learning disabilities, 

if people disabilities are not feeling equal to other people, 

people with disabilities feel frustrated when they are struggling 

to do everyday tasks and those who are trying to do 

the things people can do themselves, which may make them feel anxious.https://www.mencap.org.uk/learning-disability-explained/research-and-statistics/health/mental-health





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