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Make it clear: a guide to making information easy to read and understand
- Author:
- MENCAP. Accessibility Team
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide provides advice and tips and making things people write easy to read. It cover: the words you use, where to put words on the page, how to use pictures and choosing the type of writing and the paper. The guide was developed with people with learning disabilities.
Digital exclusion profiling of vulnerable groups: adults with learning disabilities: a profile
- Authors:
- CITIZENS ONLINE, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This profile considers the group 'adults with learning disabilities'. It aims to understand group members' actual and potential interaction with technology. The starting point of the profile is to understand the life circumstances of group members through desk-based research. Our understanding of group members' (potential) engagement with technology has been developed largely through primary research. In particular focus groups were set up with group members and professionals working with the group.
A decade on: what have we learnt about supporting women with intellectual disabilities through the menopause?
- Author:
- WILLIS Diane S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 12(1), March 2008, pp.9-23.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Carr and Hollins highlighted the paucity of research on the menopause in women with intellectual disabilities and, 10 years on, this area still remains poorly researched. Work exploring the age of onset of the menopause has suggested that the menopause is earlier in this group of women, but studies exploring what women with intellectual disabilities understand and experience during the menopause are limited. In this Scottish study 15 women with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities were interviewed using a semi-structured interview on a one-to-one basis about their knowledge and understanding of the menopause. Findings revealed limited accessible information about the menopause and a paucity in the women's knowledge and understanding about the menopause. This suggests a need for more accessible information, in order to increase understanding and awareness of the menopause in these women.
Over to you
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, March 2008, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
A pilot of a TV news programme catering specifically for people with learning disabilities was carried out in March 2008. This article discusses the pilot and the importance of providing accessible mainstream news.
Explaining renal treatment to people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- JENKINS Jean P., JONES ANN R., GRIFFITHS Christopher
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 4.11.08, 2008, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Patients with chronic kidney diseases need to understand different treatment options if they are to make informed choices about which to accept. This article outlines the development of a booklet by health care staff designed to improve information-giving to people with learning disabilities who have chronic kidney disease. The leaflet design also involved service users and a multidisciplinary team.
Improving acute care of people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- KENT Allyson
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 5.2.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article reports on the development of a patient passport system for use by people with learning disabilities entering acute care settings. The passport contains information on a patients' individual needs to help hospital staff with the care-planning process. The aim is to help patients take part in the decision making process where possible, as required by the Mental Health Capacity Act 2005, and to improve their experience of acute care.
Excluded from citizenship? People with mental health vulnerabilities and the civil justice system in Scotland (Part 1)
- Author:
- PATRICK Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- SCOLAG Journal, 363, January 2008, pp.11-13.
- Publisher:
- ScoLAG(Scottish Legal Action Group)
This article look at how the civil justice system in Scotland responds to the needs of people living with mental vulnerabilities, learning disabilities and dementia. In particular it discusses how people with mental vulnerabilities gain access to good quality legal information, advice and assistance.
From strength to strength: report on the first two years of the Mental Health Act Commission service user involvement strategy
- Author:
- SIBLEY Rose
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Mental Health Act Commission has adopted the mission statement, 'safeguarding the interests of all people detained under the Mental Health Act'. The Commission's remit is to keep under review the operation of the Mental Health Act 1983 as it relates to detained patients, and to meet with and interview detained patients in private. In furtherance of this remit, the Commission visits mental health service providers regularly in order to check the legality of detention. In addition to the visiting programme, the Commission provides important safeguards to patients who lack capacity or refuse consent to treatment, through the Second Opinion Appointed Doctor Service. In all its work the Commission places an emphasis on equality and human rights.