ABSTRACT
The term Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) is not a clinical diagnosis, just a description of a diverse group of people with learning disabilities who have a complex range of difficulties. There are no definitive set of characteristics for PMLD. The minimum requirement of people as humans is basic, meaningful human connection and interaction, a sense of social belonging. It could be argued that to deny that interaction is an abuse of human rights if people fail to provide their colleagues with sufficient expertise for making human communicative contact with their special learners who are ‘difficult to reach’. People with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities ‘have more than one disability, the most significant of which is a profound intellectual disability. These individuals all have great difficulty communicating, often requiring those who know them well to interpret their responses and intent.
