Approximately 1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability*, and more than 700,000 have been diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition*.

With the NHS near breaking point in the face of increasing regulation and costs, the pressure on social care providers is immense. There simply isn’t the funding available to provide care for everybody who needs it – that’s where Aspens comes in.

OVERVIEW ABOUT LEARNING DISABILITIES 

*Office for National Statistics (2019), Estimates of the Population for the UK, England and Wales, and Public Health England (2016), Learning Disabilities Observatory, People with Learning Disabilities in England (2015).