Learning Disabilties and Developmental Disorders
Recent Submissions
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Expressive touch in health and social care: A review of touch guidance to explore the extent to which social and communication needs of adults with learning disabilities are considered
(2023-02)People with a learning disability can present with complex physical and social needs, and sometimes rely on touch for communication. Historically, touch-related staff guidance has been described as risk-averse, lacking an ... -
“I'm a man now”: Using NarrativeTherapy to support an adult with Down syndrome transition to a new life
(2023-03)Residential transitions have long been recognised as challenging for people with learning disabilities and can be packed with problem stories. Narrative Therapy practices have the potential to centre the voice of people ... -
Pharmacogenomics: an opportunity for personalised psychotropic prescribing in adults with intellectual disabilities
(2022-08)There is growing evidence for the use of pharmacogenomics in psychotropic prescribing. People with intellectual disabilities are disproportionately prescribed psychotropics and are at risk of polypharmacy. There is an ... -
Use and risk of side effects of antiresorptive medication in people with intellectual disabilities [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
(2022-12)Background: Recent studies show that adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) have high incidence of major osteoporotic fracture, especially hip fracture. In those ≥ 50 years, women and men with ID have an approximately ... -
The use of Intensive Interaction within a Positive Behavioural Support framework
(2021-01)Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) provides an overarching framework for supporting quality‐of‐life improvements for people who use challenging behaviour. Rapport, or the lack of it, is well understood as a setting factor ... -
Functional organisation for verb generation in children with developmental language disorder
(2020-12)Developmental language disorder (DLD) is characterised by difficulties in learning one's native language for no apparent reason. These language difficulties occur in 7% of children and are known to limit future academic ... -
Remotely Close during Covid19 Lockdown – exploring Intensive Interaction via Zoom
(2020-09)With the start of the lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic it initially seemed that our work would become nigh on impossible. Working in services that provide health and educational support to people with severe ... -
Dissociating Spatial Attention from Neglect Dyslexia: a Single Case Study
(2020-06)Word-centred neglect dyslexia is generally thought to be caused by a visuospatial neglect-like attentional deficit which impacts orientation-canonical representations of visual stimuli. However, the relationship between ... -
Having a son or daughter with an intellectual disability transition to adulthood: A parental perspective
(2020-04)Background: Transition to adulthood is an important time for young people and may be a particularly challenging time for people with intellectual disabilities. However, there has been little research in the UK regarding ... -
Vitamin D, bone mineral density and risk of fracture in people with intellectual disabilities
(2018-12)Background: People with intellectual disabilities (IDs) have very high rates of osteoporosis and fractures, to which their widespread vitamin D deficiency and other factors could contribute. We aimed to assess in people ... -
A case series to examine whether people with learning disabilities can learn prerequisite skills for cognitive behavioural therapy
(2018-01-17)Although cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is recommended for the treatment of a number of mental disorders among the general population, the ability of individuals with learning disabilities (LD) to understand CBT ...
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