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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
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
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
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
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
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
McKenzie, Karen; Wigham, Sarah; Bourne, Jane; Rowlands, Gill; Hackett, Simon – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: People with learning disabilities are at increased risk of physical health conditions and mortality compared to the general population. Initiatives to address these health inequalities include the introduction of learning disability registers, through which people with learning disabilities can be identified and offered annual health…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Physical Health, Learning Disabilities, Social Differences
Anderson, Rebecca J.; Keagan-Bull, Richard; Giles, Jo; Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: The advantages of including people with learning disabilities in research teams have been well described, but it is rare for researchers with learning disabilities to be employed at a university. This paper explores the extent to which university recruitment procedures are accessible to job applicants with learning disabilities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Learning Disabilities, Recruitment
Christian, Paul; Ledger, Sue – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
My name is Paul Christian. I am a Black British man with learning disabilities. The lives and experiences of Black people with learning disabilities are underrepresented in the UK history of learning disability. This article explains my involvement in activism to change this and shares the learning from these projects. It discusses the process of…
Descriptors: Experience, Blacks, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities
Towell, David – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: In 2006, the United Nations agreed the "Convention On the Rights Of Persons With Disabilities." Article 19, 'Living independently and being included in the community' sets out the 'equal rights of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others…' A generation earlier, a small group of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Learning Disabilities, Activism
Reeve, Jacquelyn; Farmer, Emily; Bayley, William – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
This paper reviews the challenges faced by a team at the Grace Eyre Foundation in running a coproduced oral history project during the pandemic. It examines the benefits and challenges of working online, comparing this to face-to-face approaches. For over 100 years, the Grace Eyre Foundation has provided support to people with learning…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Educational History, COVID-19, Pandemics
Stainton, Tim – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: The immediate post-world war II era was a critical turning point in the history of learning disability in the United Kingdom and much of the global north. Most notably the gradual move away from institutional provision to a community-oriented approach. While many diverse threads contributed to this change, a key influence was the slow,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History, Learning Disabilities, Crime
Holden, Ben; Lee, Andrew – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: Individuals with diabetes and a learning disability have poorer health outcomes than those without a learning disability. In the UK, the health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities are often the result of barriers they face in accessing timely, appropriate and effective health care. The aim of the study was to review…
Descriptors: Barriers, Affordances, Diabetes, Health Services
Coleman, Sophie Elizabeth; Sharrock, Emma – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: Adults with learning disabilities often face barriers when accessing relationships and can require additional support. The Personal Relationship Advisory Group (PRAG) is a provision in a community learning disability service in North England, which offers multidisciplinary advice regarding relationship concerns. The current project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Learning Disabilities, Interpersonal Relationship
Symonds, Jon; Abbott, David; Dugdale, Daryl – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Background: This article reports on the perspectives of fathers with a learning disability in England about being fathers and the support they have received. Although there is an established literature that considers parenting with a learning disability, few studies have focused on the perspectives of fathers. Method: We adopted a qualitative…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Attitudes, Parent Role, Learning Disabilities