Manchester University intends to discontinue its Learning Disability Studies (LDS) course as of next academic year.
This decision has prompted criticism and protests within and outside the university.The full story of the closure is available here in an article in the mancunianmatters online news service; and several critical observations on Twitter https://twitter.com/SaveLDS_UoM , from people across the ‘learning disability sector’.
An online petition against the closure ‘Save Learning Disability Studies UoM’ has been launched: see http://lds2013.epetitions.net/