Supporting people with learning disabilities to make and maintain intimate relationships
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 16-23, January 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand some of the barriers people with learning disabilities experience with regards to relationships and consider the possible changes professionals could make to address these. Design/methodology/approach The current paper will draw on case studies extracted from Bates et al. (2016), using them to illustrate a number of themes/issues that relate to the support that people with learning disabilities received and needed from staff to develop and maintain relationships. Findings People with learnin...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Children with learning disabilities and their participation in judicial procedures – what can disability advocacy offer?
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 10-15, January 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on the paper titled “The Zone of Parental Control, The ‘Gilded Cage’ and The Deprivation of a Child’s Liberty: Getting Around Article 5”. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the original article as a jumping off point to assess what aids advocacy organisations and human rights instruments can give t o children with learning disabilities who enter legal procedures. Findings Existing human rights laws such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN C...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
The zone of parental control, the “gilded cage” and the deprivation of a child’s liberty: getting around Article 5
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 2-9, January 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to specifically analyse whether parents should have the legal authority to authorise a deprivation of liberty for children with a learning disability. As a result of parental consent being recognised as holding legal authority, these children have their right to liberty under Article 5 engaged. It will be argued that the courts ’ failure to support this view stems from the confusing concept of the “zone of parental control”. Design/methodology/approach A doctrinal methodology is used, examining domesti...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Learning Disability and Inclusion Phobia: Past, Present and Future
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 52-54, January 2017. (Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review)
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Peaceful, Pain Free and Dignified: Palliative and End of Life Care for People on the Autism Spectrum. A Guide for Social Care Practitioners
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 51-51, January 2017. (Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review)
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Editorial
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 1-1, January 2017. (Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review)
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Living arrangements of adults with learning disabilities across the UK
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 43-50, January 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare data from national social care statistics on the living situations of people with learning disabilities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Design/methodology/approach National social care statistics (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) reporting the living situations of adults with learning disabilities (residential and nursing care, living with family, other forms of accommodation) were accessed, with data extracted on trends over time and rate of service use. Findin...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Commissioning an ordinary life
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 38-42, January 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the role and ability of commissioners to implement policy and be transformational leaders. Design/methodology/approach The role and ability of commissioners to implement policy is reviewed against the Institute of Public Care ’s Commissioning Cycle and experience of working with commissioners across the UK over the past 29 years. Findings Empowering commissioners to be transformational leaders and enabling them to secure good outcomes for people with learning disabilities will require broadeni...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Implementing policy and good practice in services for people with learning disabilities: factors influencing commissioning and service provision
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 28-37, January 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the implementation of learning disability (LD) policy among LD commissioners and managers in Kent (South East England) and a neighbouring area. Design/methodology/approach Participants ’ views were elicited by semi-structured interviews focussed on two key national policy documents: Valuing People (DH, 2001) and the Mansell report (DH, 1993; 2007a). Findings Valuing People had a significant impact at the time of publication but initial enthusiasm and impetus faded over time. T he Mansell repo...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Intimate relationships and persons with learning disability
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 24-27, January 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on the paper “Supporting people with learning disabilities to make and maintain intimate relationships”. Design/methodology/approach Comparison of the sexual rights of persons with disability, as outlined in the 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability, with research on actual policy and pr actice. Findings The sexual expression of persons with learning disability remains suppressed by those in positions of power, such as parents and service providers. Original...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Supporting people with learning disabilities to make and maintain intimate relationships
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 16-23, January 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand some of the barriers people with learning disabilities experience with regards to relationships and consider the possible changes professionals could make to address these. Design/methodology/approach The current paper will draw on case studies extracted from Bates et al. (2016), using them to illustrate a number of themes/issues that relate to the support that people with learning disabilities received and needed from staff to develop and maintain relationships. Findings People with learnin...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Children with learning disabilities and their participation in judicial procedures – what can disability advocacy offer?
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 10-15, January 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on the paper titled “The Zone of Parental Control, The ‘Gilded Cage’ and The Deprivation of a Child’s Liberty: Getting Around Article 5”. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the original article as a jumping off point to assess what aids advocacy organisations and human rights instruments can give t o children with learning disabilities who enter legal procedures. Findings Existing human rights laws such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN C...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
The zone of parental control, the “gilded cage” and the deprivation of a child’s liberty: getting around Article 5
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 22, Issue 1, Page 2-9, January 2017. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to specifically analyse whether parents should have the legal authority to authorise a deprivation of liberty for children with a learning disability. As a result of parental consent being recognised as holding legal authority, these children have their right to liberty under Article 5 engaged. It will be argued that the courts ’ failure to support this view stems from the confusing concept of the “zone of parental control”. Design/methodology/approach A doctrinal methodology is used, examining domesti...
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - January 3, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Autism: A Social and Medical History
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 21, Issue 4, Page 228-230, October 2016. (Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review)
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - September 26, 2016 Category: Disability Source Type: research
Neurotribes. The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter about People who Think Differently
Tizard Learning Disability Review,Volume 21, Issue 4, Page 226-228, October 2016. (Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review)
Source: Tizard Learning Disability Review - September 26, 2016 Category: Disability Source Type: research
