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APCP is working in partnership with EFDS, CP Sport and Wheelpower to promote disability sport and to support members in encouraging children and young people to be active for life.

Report from the Faculties of Intellectual Disability of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Psychological Society on behalf of the Learning Disabilities Professional Senate

'Physiotherapy can't cure hemiplegia but it can certainly have a most important role in improving individual outcomes by encouraging function, activity and participation'

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation has published a statement on restrictive physical interventions on children.

Young people who are moving from children's to adults' services should be placed at the heart of decisions about their care, NICE says.

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF) and the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) are today announcing the launch of a website called ‘Paving the Way.’ The website aims to provide families, professionals, staff, and commissioners with information about how to reduce challenging behaviour and to improve the wellbeing of children with learning disabilities.

This publication is a practical resource to guide occupational therapists new or returning to the field of paediatric neurology and working with children with acquired brain injury.

New research released in December 2015 highlights a clear need to engage disabled people in sport and physical activity at a young age.