Commentary on A qualitative exploration of the life experiences of adults diagnosed with mild learning disabilities from minority ethnic communities

This paper seeks to provide a commentary on the previous paper in this issue ‘‘A qualitative exploration of the life experiences of adults diagnosed with mild learning disabilities from minority ethnic communities’’. The commentary outlines the Valuing People White Paper and The Health Care Commission report Tackling the Challenge: Promoting Race Equality in the NHS in England, among others, as they relate to the author’s research. Developing cultural knowledge is of fundamental importance in working towards race equality in mental health services for children and young people with learning disabilities