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Day services in the nineties for people with learning difficulties in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, THOMAS Derek
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Health and Social Services. Social Services Insp
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Health inequalities and people with a learning disability
- Author:
- BLACK Lesley-Ann
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Assembly. Research and Information Service
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 26
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This paper examines the evidence relating to the health inequalities faced by people with a learning disability, who have diverse needs and will often experience multiple health problems. The paper also considers policy developments from the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) in terms of addressing health inequalities in the learning disability population in Northern Ireland. These include the Bamford Action Plans (2009-2011 and 2012-2015) and a Service Framework for Learning Disability (2012). (Edited publisher abstract)
Views and experiences of people with learning disability in relation to policing arrangements in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- SOCIAL MARKET RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland Policing Board
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 251p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
The report is the outcome of a major research project co-funded by the Police Ombudsman’s Office and the Policing Board into the issues faced by people with learning disabilities when dealing with the police and policing organisations. Almost 300 people with learning disabilities, along with key workers and organisations in the learning disability sector, and representatives of the police, policing organisations and criminal justice bodies were consulted during the project. The study found that people with learning disabilities had largely positive views and experiences of the police. But it also found that many instances of bullying and harassment of people with learning disabilities were likely to go unreported because the victims did not realise that they had been a victim of crime, or were unwilling to report it. The report makes a total of 24 recommendations to help ensure that the police and policing organisations respond appropriately to the needs of people with learning disabilities, and also to help combat disability hate crime.
No one knows: identifying and supporting prisoners with learning difficulties and learning disabilities: the views of prison staff in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- LOUCKS Nancy, TALBOT Jenny
- Publisher:
- Prison Reform Trust
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 50p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is one in a series of reports and briefing papers from No One Knows. It sets out the views of prison staff in Scotland on how prisoners with learning difficulties and learning disabilities are identified and supported. The report begins with an outline of the aims and methods for this particular study. It then briefly provides the context for prisoners with learning difficulties and learning disabilities in Scotland. The main body of the report covers the views of prison staff regarding how prisoners with learning difficulties or learning disabilities are identified and supported in their prisons. The conclusion sets out the main findings, together with preliminary recommendations for change and ways to build on existing good practice.
At home in the community?: promoting the social inclusion of people with a learning disability living in supported accommodation: easy read version
- Authors:
- COLLINS Suzanne, McCONKEY Roy
- Publisher:
- Triangle Housing Association; University of Ulster
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Ballymoney
This report highlights the social exclusion of people with a learning disability in Northern Ireland. This study, funded by the Big Lottery Fund, details the extent of social isolation experienced by tenants in various forms of supported accommodation provided by a range of agencies throughout Northern Ireland. Many have no friends outside of the place where they live and much of their time is spent within the home.
At home in the community?: promoting the social inclusion of people with a learning disability living in supported accommodation
- Authors:
- COLLINS Suzanne, McCONKEY Roy
- Publisher:
- Triangle Housing Association; University of Ulster
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Ballymoney
This report highlights the social exclusion of people with a learning disability in Northern Ireland. This study, funded by the Big Lottery Fund, details the extent of social isolation experienced by tenants in various forms of supported accommodation provided by a range of agencies throughout Northern Ireland. Many have no friends outside of the place where they live and much of their time is spent within the home.
The Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006: statutory rule 2006 no. 312 (N.I. 1)
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 1p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Minor grammatical corrections The Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006: statutory rule 2006 no. 312.
Development of services for people with a learning disability or mental illness: eleventh report prepared pursuant to section 10 of the Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1989
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Annual Statement prepared pursuant to Section 10 of the Disabled Persons (NI) Act 1989
Development of services for people with a learning disability or mental illness in Northern Ireland: fourth report prepared pursuant to Section 10 of the Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1989
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health and Social Services
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
Development of services for people with a learning disability or mental illness in Northern Ireland: third report prepared pursuant to Section 10 of the Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1989
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Health and Social Services
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Northern Ireland. Department of Health and Social Services
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 11p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Belfast