Chronic pain is a prevalent, under-diagnosed problem in the learning disability population. This is in part due to communication problems, unrecognized pain behaviours and the effects of medication. As a consequence, chronic pain often goes untreated and causes ongoing distress. This paper initially describes the main research that has been…

Choosing can be easy, such as when deciding what biscuit to eat. Sometimes it is hard to choose, such as deciding on who to have as a boyfriend or girlfriend. Sometimes even choosing a biscuit can be hard if your doctor says it is not healthy for you. There are lots of reasons why we choose to do things. Everyone needs to think about these reasons…