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<p>AS THIS book’s title indicates, it presents a series of teaching activities for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) aged between three and ten years.</p&g
Families of people with learning disabilities report frequently that their relatives receive poor care when they attend hospitals as inpatients.
The Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities reviewed the deaths over a two-year period of all people with learning d
The movement of adolescents with learning disabilities from children’s to adult services can sometimes be unsatisfactory, causing upset for the young people
Challenging behaviour displayed by some people with intellectual disabilities is often a response to social, biological and environmental factors, particula
Several policies and strategies describe how support service professionals should work with the family carers of people with learning disabilities.
<p>THESE GUIDELINES, which were drafted by academics, clinicians and people on the autism spectrum, address the widespread problems associated with a lack of adult-based d
<p>EACH CHAPTER of this Open University guide to health promotion begins with a clear introduction and list of learning objectives.
In 2010, the introduction of Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for pre-registration nurse education at Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, prom
This article is written from the perspective of a parent who has a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Developments in service provision and delivery have changed how and where learning disability nurses work.
<p>THE POPULARITY of social role valorisation (SRV) as a guide to the development of services for people with learning disabilities has waned in the UK in recent years.<
Fostering mutual relationships, where the expertise of all parties is valued and promoted, is central to providing a supportive environment in a family-centred service.
The NHS breast cancer screening programme has resulted in overdiagnosis of breast cancer in the general population. For women with intellectual disabilities, participation has been lower than in the general population.
This article describes how people with learning disabilities and community learning disability nurses completed a module involving the development of an inclusive group to complete research.
‘Insider’ descriptions of living with autism in a world where most people are not autistic may at the same time inform and challenge a professional approach to what can be termed as ‘autistic behaviour’.
In Ireland, services for people with intellectual disabilities are increasingly being provided in community-based settings.
The number of people with learning disabilities being treated in acute hospitals appears to be rising. Many of these patients are nutritionally compromised and have respiratory problems, which are among the leading causes of death in this patient group.
