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<p>Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of physical disability in childhood and half of these children will have an intellectual impairment.
<p>Communication impairment, learning disability and mental health needs can limit people’s ability to have meaningful consultations with medical practitioners, who are fr
<p>The ability to communicate personal needs, choices, hopes and aspirations is vital in determining how individuals live their lives and make decisions about their future
<p>Nursing students from seven different universities are designing e-learning resources for use by their peers and other health professionals.
<p>Aim To investigate whether staff caring for people with learning and communication disabilities experience feelings of emotional exhaustion or lack of achievement or ne
<p>Encouraging clients with challenging behaviour to open up and express themselves can be difficult.
<p>Service users are susceptible to developing personality disorders, but for them the diagnosis can be particularly difficult.
<p>The Supports Intensity Scale, its background and a project designed to evaluate its use in planning support for people with intellectual disabilities and challenging be
<p>This article discusses the problems faced by people with learning disabilities who have complex health needs and how a staff team developed a unique tool for improving
<p>People with learning disabilities have unmet health needs and lower uptake of services and screening.
<p>Despite the general move to support people with learning disabilities in their own homes or in home-like settings, many institutional settings still exist and little re
<p>This article aims to provide practical advice for learning disability professionals about what determines continuing healthcare funding eligibility when applied to peop
<p>Aim Epilepsy is common among people with learning disabilities. It can be difficult to diagnose and may be misdiagnosed in one quarter of cases.
<p>This article assesses the Clicker 5 reading and writing software package to help people with learning disabilities and others achieve a better understanding of and participation in complex decisions that affect their lives.
<p>Social workers and other professionals can be helped to develop a mutually safe and caring relationship with those they serve with a strategy known as gentle teaching.
<p>Although people with a learning disability have greater health needs than the general population, they are less likely to access health care.
<p>Difficulty in sleeping can be a serious problem for people with learning disabilities, reducing their quality of life and increasing the incidence of challenging behaviour.
<p>During a three-year nursing course, the author used Gibbs’s reflective cycle to consider two placement experiences in residential homes; one for older people, and the other for people with learning disabilities.
