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The physical abuse of people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviours: lessons for commissioners and providers
- Author:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(1), January 1998, pp.18-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes the circumstances surrounding the physical abuse of persons with learning disabilities and challenging behaviours in a residential service and the findings of a related inquiry. The findings are used to identify the signs and signals associated with a culture of abuse, of use to commissioners and providers for helping detect abusive services and for adults protection more widely.