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Reporting research: using the views of people with learning disabilities

01 February 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Practice & research

People with learning disabilities are increasingly participating in research and may therefore require ‘accessible’ information before and after the study. Twenty...

John Burley admits he was an unlikely convert to nursing, but, he tells Thelma Agnew, his job now involves reaching out to the people who rely most on services

01 February 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Day in the life

John Burley, 39, never meant to become a nurse. In fact, he was determined to do anything but nursing. ‘My mother was a nurse in a coronary unit. I remember as a...

All in a name

01 February 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Opinion

As part of creating a positive therapeutic relationship, healthcare professionals normally establish whether services users would rather be addressed by their first...

Who cares?

01 February 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Editorial

One of the worst things when returning to work after leave is the backlog of emails that can await you. If you recognise this scenario then I am sure that you, like...

Menstrual problems in women with learning disabilities

01 February 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Resources

Some aspects of personal and intimate care are seldom discussed, written about or researched, which makes this paper all the more interesting as well as of direct...

Weights and measures

01 February 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Letter

Dear Editor, I read the article ‘A weighty problem: monitoring the side effects of medication’ in last month’s LDP (9, 10, 28-31) with great interest. As a...

Conferences

01 February 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Resources

22 March ‘New Technologies: Addressing the health inequalities of people with learning disabilities’. Conference organised by the Royal Society of Medicine’s...

Sexual abuse of adults with intellectual disabilities

01 February 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Resources

This paper presents a useful review of a range of studies that has explored the psychological effects of sexual abuse in people with learning disabilities. It also...

Internet review

01 February 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Resources

Inclusion International – formerly the International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap (ILSMH) – works on behalf of the world’s 50 million people...

Day in the life

01 April 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Day in the life

Ian McKnight served for 12 years in the Royal Air Force as a gunner, before leaving in 1999 to pursue a career in learning disability nursing. To outsiders this was...