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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
Yoshimi Ito; Kyoko Asakura; Shoko Sugiyama; Nozomu Takada – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: People with intellectual/intellectual and physical disabilities frequently use day-service centres, an array of services that involve the provision of care and social activities during the daytime and offer homebound people with disabilities opportunities to live in their communities. While nurses working at day-service centres for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nurses, Intellectual Disability, Physical Disabilities
Roy Deveau; Georgina Rickard – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: As practice leaders, frontline managers observe staff working, provide feedback and use organisational structures to improve staff skills and focus on service-user quality of life. This qualitative study explored the experiences and barriers for frontline managers providing practice leadership to staff in community services for adults…
Descriptors: Barriers, Leadership Training, Community Services, Adults
Rebecca Wallace; Julian Morris; Melanie Hodgkinson – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Recent Government guidelines have promoted returning people with learning disabilities and/or autism from out-of-area placements to their local communities. These transitions not only impact the individuals but also their families. Methods: This study explores the experiences of family members who have been involved in the repatriation…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Transitional Programs, Geographic Location
Hannah Casey; Deirdre Desmond; Laura Coffey – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Supported decision-making may increase self-determination among adults with intellectual disabilities by encouraging and empowering them to make decisions about their lives to the greatest extent possible. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of mothers of adults with intellectual disabilities in Ireland…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Self Determination, Adults, Intellectual Disability
Ryan Holmes; Lucy Kearney; Sheetal Gopal; Inderpal Daddi – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: The STOMP agenda (Stopping Over-Medication of People with learning disabilities, autism, or both) drew focus to individuals with a diagnosis of a learning disability being prescribed psychotropic medication to manage 'behaviours that challenge'. The following study is an audit of two community learning disability services in the London…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Learning Disabilities
Sally Robinson; Jan Idle; Karen R. Fisher; Kathleen Reedy; Christy Newman; Christiane Purcal; Gianfranco Giuntoli; Sarah Byrne; Ruby Nankivell; Gavin Burner; Rebeka Touzeau; Tim Adam; Paige Armstrong – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Negative attitudes remain a major barrier to the equality of people with disability, especially when coupled with the lack of autonomy imposed on many people. This paper analyses how disability self-advocacy groups seek to change community attitudes and work towards systemic change by mobilising knowledge from their lived experience.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Organizations, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Peer Teaching
McCausland, Darren; McCarron, Mary; McCallion, Philip – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Before COVID-19, people with intellectual disabilities were digitally excluded, facing difficulties accessing and using technology. The pandemic outbreak closed down many in-person services and supports for this population. Methods: This study examined changes in technology use to support the healthcare and social connections of older…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Intellectual Disability, Computer Use, COVID-19
Caton, Sue; Bradshaw, Jill; Gillooly, Amanda; Hatton, Chris; Flynn, Samantha; Oloidi, Edward; Jahoda, Andrew; Maguire, Roseann; Marriott, Anna; Mulhall, Peter; Taggart, Laurence; Todd, Stuart; Abbott, David; Beyer, Stephen; Gore, Nick; Heslop, Pauline; Scior, Katrina; Hastings, Richard P. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a worldwide increase in the use of digital technology. Many people with learning disabilities have learned new digital skills, taken part in online activities, and kept in touch with family and friends using video calls. However, the experiences of digital participation or nonparticipation…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Learning Disabilities, COVID-19, Pandemics
Chiner, Esther; Gómez-Puerta, Marcos; Cardona-Moltó, María Cristina – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Although there is research-based evidence on the educational potential of information and communication technologies as teaching and learning resources for schools, studies focused on the real benefits and risks associated with online activities of students with intellectual disabilities are still scarce. The purpose of this study was…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Inclusion, Foreign Countries
Castro, María Gómez-Carrillo; Palazuelos, Adela; Corona, Adrián; Sánchez, Ángela; Alises, Gema; Sancho, Marta; Cauja, Paola; Sanz, Víctor – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: This paper describes the experience of conducting a co-researched project with people with learning disabilities in Madrid, Spain, during the COVID pandemic and lockdown. I discuss the advantages and limitations of working online and challenges encountered while coordinating and facilitating the research. Methods: Our research project…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Learning Disabilities, Videoconferencing, Foreign Countries
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
Ross, Helen; Dodds, Nicola – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: There are few identified risk factors that may contribute to the increased risk of hospital admission for children and young people with intellectual disabilities. This qualitative study aimed to identify the key risk factors that precipitate admissions to Tier 4 child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) inpatient services…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Hospitalized Children
Zaagsma, Miriam; Koning, Mark H. M.; Volkers, Karin M.; Schippers, Alice P.; van Hove, Geert – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Professional support for people with intellectual disabilities is increasingly delivered remotely. Understanding what support workers do to support people with intellectual disabilities remotely, and how they do this, is therefore important. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the remote support practice of the support…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Services, Employees
Freeze, Trevi B.; Lutfiyya, Zana Marie; Freeze, Rick; Magana, Janjo; Cauthers, Nick; Mukai, Michael; Antonio, Jacintha; Batta, Anusha – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: For almost two decades, students with intellectual, developmental and multiple disabilities have attended undergraduate classes at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada as part-time auditing students. They are supported by the Campus Life program. Campus Life employs graduate and undergraduate university students as academic…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Students, Students with Disabilities, Foreign Countries