Rob Greig’s idealism, instilled in him as a student, has led him to work where issues of equality are paramount. Now, Thelma Agnew discovered, he is breathing new life into the government’s Valuing People

Rob Greig

Is learning disability-focused research at a crossroads?

Special olympics

Views of offenders with learning disabilities

Internet review

The health of older adults

Steve McNally

Conferences

Understanding Learning Disability and Dementia: Developing effective interventions

Mike Gibbs

Counselling skill

Helen Palmer

From isolation to intimacy: making friends without words

Ann-Marie Glasby

Planning and support for people with intellectual disabilities: issues for care managers and other professionals

Maurice Devine

Understanding your young child with special needs

Katheryn Stait

Financial decision-making: guidance for supporting financial decision-making by people with learning disabilities

Chris Barber

friendly bombs

Chris’s story: continuing life’s journey

Sharon Dixon, Ian Mansell

‘We’re all going on a summer holiday’: Findings from a pilot research project on holidays for people with learning dsabilities

Melanie Chapman, John Cookney, Ian Kaplan, Brendan Regan

Email interview

People

Hanging in the balance?

Ann Norman

Rise to the challenge

Time to get tough on quality

Audit of abuse of adults undertaken in Scotland

News

Social workers go to great lengths to keep families together

Ian McMillan

Police officers have limited knowledge of mental capacity act

Don’t just hand over money to clients

Ian McMillan

turning rhetoric into action

Mike Farrar

Be prepared: the next generation will demand their rights

Health promotion off target in Scotland

Policy of devolved decision-making will hit learning disability field hard

Ian McMillan

New working group set up to tackle inadequacies in NHS care

News in Brief

Poor access to single-sex care

Audit finds even the best services fall short of ‘modern’ standards

Ian McMillan

Toothless valuing people initiative is brought up to date

DH offers new guidance after 12 years

Ian McMillan

Taking stock

Ian McMillan