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Lauren Blood; Francesca Ribenfors; Chris Hatton; Anna Marriott – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: People with learning disabilities have the right to choose where they live. However, evidence suggests people's choices are limited due to a shortage of housing. Methods: 200 Lives was a mixed methods research project, which evaluated supported living and residential care for people with learning disabilities in England; 107 people…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Residential Care, Civil Rights
Cahill, Ciara; Guerin, Suzanne – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: The transition from adolescence to adulthood typically involves exploring living options. However, there is very little research focusing specifically on the views of young adults with intellectual disabilities on this topic. This article contributes to this topic by exploring the views of Irish young adults with intellectual…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Attitudes
Keesler, John M.; McCoy, Pamela; Wiltz, James – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities are vulnerable to potentially traumatic events and trauma sequelae. Despite ongoing advances surrounding trauma and intellectual/developmental disabilities, trauma-specific treatments are needed for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. This study explores the…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Trauma, Trauma Informed Approach
Álvarez-Aguado, Izaskun; Vega Córdova, Vanessa; Farhang, Maryam; González Carrasco, Félix; Espinosa Parra, Felipe; Spencer González, Herbert; Aguado, Leyre Álvarez – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: The number of people with intellectual disabilities and associated mental illness has increased considerably in recent years. This population presents greater obstacles than their peers without mental health problems in accessing education, leisure, and health services. This, conditions their quality of life (QoL) and makes them one of…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Mental Health
Radez, Jerica; Crossland, Tom; Johns, Louise – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are attacks that often look like epileptic seizures (ES). Unlike ES, PNES are not triggered by underlying neurological factors. PNES are relatively rare in the general population; however, their prevalence in people with learning disabilities is much higher--up to 10%. Individuals with PNES and…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Seizures, Behavior Modification
Lau-Zhu, Alex; Mann, Judith – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Residential transitions have long been recognised as challenging for people with learning disabilities and can be packed with problem stories. Narrative Therapy practices have the potential to centre the voice of people with learning disabilities; to enable alternative stories to be told; and to shine a light on their own and their…
Descriptors: Males, Adults, Down Syndrome, Transitional Programs
Niven, Abigail; Gamman, Lee; Webb, Alison; Goodey, Rebecca; Shankar, Rohit – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
1.1 Background: In the light of the current national guidance to reduce the number of inpatient learning disability beds, a review was completed of the quality of lives of the people who had been former inpatients in Cornwall at the time of closure of the learning disability inpatient facilities almost 10 years before transforming care. 1.2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Hospitals, Quality of Life
Brennan, Hope; Westbrook, Jenna; Parry, Sarah – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
1.1 Background: Compassion is one of the six core principles that the NHS means to promote within health care. Research concerning compassion within learning disability services is scarce; therefore, the current study aimed to explore the experiences of compassion of professionals within learning disability services. 1.2 Materials and Methods:…
Descriptors: Altruism, Intellectual Disability, Professional Personnel, Quality of Life
Tait, Kathleen; Hussain, Rafat; Wark, Stuart; Fung, Francis – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Background: This study investigated perceived quality of life (QoL) of community-dwelling middle-aged adults (30-50 years) with an intellectual disability and/or developmental disability living in rural or urban areas in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. The specific aim of the current paper was to provide a descriptive evidence base of…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Aging (Individuals), Adults, Intellectual Disability
Sheridan, Ciara; OMalley-Keighran, Mary-Pat; Carroll, Clare – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
Background: There is a wealth of research on adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) covering a large range of topics such as obesity, speech and language, education and health-related quality of life. However, for quality of life, much of the available literature for adolescents with DS relies on parent proxy reporting. This results in more research…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Quality of Life, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents
Roche-Morris, Aisling; Cheetham, John – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
Background: Hearing voices groups (HVGs) are effective avenues of support for people who hear voices in the general population yet their application and adaptation for people with learning disabilities who hear voices are scarce. Methods: This paper is an evaluation of a pilot HVG for people with learning disabilities. Five people attended the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Social Support Groups
Nicholson, Emma; Guerin, Suzanne; Keogh, Fiona; Dodd, Philip – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
Background: Respite care is an essential support for people with intellectual disabilities and their families; however, there is limited evidence examining different models of respite care. The present research examined quality of life among adults with intellectual disabilities using three different models of respite services in Ireland. Method:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mild Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Residential Care
McKenzie, Karen; Whelan, Kathryn J.; Mayer, Claire; McNall, Anne; Noone, Steve; Chaplin, Jill – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Background: There is a growing evidence base about the effectiveness of positive behavioural support (PBS) in relation to behaviours that challenge (CB). There is, however, limited research from the perspective of individuals receiving this support. The objective of this qualitative study was to obtain the views of participants with an…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Positive Behavior Supports, Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Cumella, Stuart; Lyons, Maria – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Background: A key aim of public policy has been to move people with a learning disability from segregated settings into ordinary housing, with the expectation that they would become integrated in and accepted by the rest of society. Despite this policy, people with a learning disability have high rates of unemployment, social isolation, mental…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Housing, Quality of Life, Public Policy
Buskermolen, Willem Meindert; Hoekman, Joop; Aldenkamp, Albert Pierre – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Background: In this article, we describe our study of the prevalence of behaviour that challenges and which internal factors are related to behaviour that challenges in 21 people (fourteen are male, seven are female, varying in age from 12.4 to 42 years; mean 26.6, SD 7.27) with intellectual disabilities who have hearing impairments. Materials and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Longitudinal Studies