A native of Amsterdam, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne moved to England in the 1980s. As a result, she tells Thelma Agnew, she can savour the joys of ‘living the world’ of people with learning disabilities

New year, new challenges

Martin Bollard

Perceptions of community learning disability teams

Loneliness and living arrangements

Steve McNally

Conferences

Duncan Mitchell pays tribute to the impact that Peggy Jay’s political career had on learning disability services and children in hospital

Speech and language development and intervention in down syndrome and fragile x syndrome

Karen McKenzie

Speaking Up (A plain text guide to advocacy: 4 Volume Set)

Maurice Devine

Unequal lives

Ghazala Mir

Practical Sensory Programmes for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Special Needs

Christopher Barber

Mushroom magic

Rachel Davies

assessing capacity: developing an integrated care pathway

Catherine Evers

using direct observation to assess satisfaction

Graham Collins, Lisa Goodman

user-friendly information: does it convey what it intends?

Mary Codling, Nicky Macdonald

Are we needed?

Colin Beacock

Email interview

Alex McMahon

People

Interactive

Wakey, wakey! this is what you do

The fuse has been lit

Challenging the professionals

The cost of care not matched by quality

Are PCTs ‘bovvered’?

Assessment of behaviour should take in the bigger picture

‘Challenging behaviour’ label leads to victimisation

Ian McMillan

News in brief

News

Watchdog wants clarity on sexual boundaries

Social disadvantage link found in study of children

Ian McMillan

News

Report finds social caresystem ‘archaic’ and unfair

Ian McMillan

News in brief

Grateful or grumpy?

Ian McMillan