Life has been an uphill battle for Andrew Lee, but then that’s probably why he developed a career in self-advocacy. He tells Thelma Agnew about causes he believes are worth fighting for

Host families for short breaks

Internet review

Re-provisioning services

Duncan Mitchell

Views on challenging behaviour

Conferences

Person-Centred Practices: A therapeutic perspective

Jeanette Thompson

Social skills groups for children and adolescents with asperger’s syndrome: a step by step program

Christopher Barber

Visual perception problems in children with ad/ hd, autism, and other learning disabilities. A guide for parents and professionals

Glynis Whitehead

Autism, access and inclusion on the front line (confessions of an autism anorak)

Alex McClimens

Life Story Books for People with Learning Disabilities: A practical guide

Anne-Marie Glasby

Social Divisions Edition: Second Editors: Geoff Payne

Mike Gibbs

Let’s get political

finding positive alternatives to physical restraint

Mark Brend, Dave Jackson

a weighty problem: monitoring the side effects of medication

Mike Twigger, Brian Houltram

person-centred planning in Hampshire: training trainers

Mandy Johnson, Phillip Amey, Kate Gregson, Gwen Moulster, Martin Nobbs

intimate care: theory, research and practice

Julie Clark

Interctive

Email interview

Interactive

Interactive

People

The future is here in the form of self-directed care

Thelma Agnew

Rise in cases of foetal alcohol syndrome having global impact

News

Team members left ‘emotionally scarred’ by cornwall inquiry

Ian McMillan

Don’t be ‘wallflowers’, warns malone

Ian McMillan

Dangerous myths about pain thresholds condemned

News in brief

News

People with learning disabilities took centre stage at the RCN’s specialist forum conference in London, as Ian McMillan reports below and on pages 6-7.

Coalition calls for day of protest over demise of structured support services

Ian McMillan

Support staff lack guidance, says charity

Mental health bill a ‘missed opportunity’

Ian McMillan

News in brief