Thelma Agnew talks to Maurice Devine, Northern Ireland’s first and only nurse consultant in learning disabilities

Endless evolution: how patterns of care shift over time

David Matthews

Physical aggression

Voices from the Spectrum

Michael Brown

Book review

Neil James

Pathways to change

George Murray

Taking Care of Myself

Christopher Francis Barber

Keys to Citizenship A guide to getting good support for people with learning disabilities

Maurice Devine

Don’t Cop That (interactive CD on crime prevention)

Julie Wilkins

Butcher, baker… architect’s assistant

Internet review

Dysphagia and asphyxiation

Duncan Mitchell

Further education

Controlled drinking

People

Resources

Conferences

Living with disability

Chris Catherall, Ron Iphofen

Encouraging learning disability nursing research

Karen McKenzie, Elaine Kwaitek, Daphne Loads, Liz MacGregor, Hazel Powell

Interactive

Interview with Rising ‘tsar’

Person centredness needs funds

Neville Parkes

The jobs are out there

News

Watch out for signs of exploitation

New office for disability issues may boost job hopes

Special school recognised for entrepreneurial flair

News

Support for getting paid work not keeping pace with change

Ian McMillan

News in brief

Museums unveil plan to ‘rethink’ history of disability

Oxfordshire trust launches bid to become a social enterprise

Ian McMillan

Just the job

Parents of children with down syndrome are being left in the dark

Parents with learning disabilities are not getting the ‘right support’, report claims

Ian McMillan

Means and ends

Ruth Northway