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Shaping our future: a scoping and consultation exercise to establish research priorities in learning disabilities for the next ten years
- Authors:
- WILIAMS V., MARRIOTT A., TOWNSLEY R.
- Publisher:
- National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 308p.
- Place of publication:
- Southampton
People with learning disabilities are socially excluded with little access to mainstream services for health, housing, education and employment. It is important that research brings understand on how to move towards equality for people with learning disabilities. This scoping review and consultation found out what was important for different groups of stakeholders through regional workshops in the UK; following a systematic literature review in the key areas identified, research gaps were identified and discussed in a second round of workshops. The six most important areas of concern for people with learning disabilities were access to healthcare; getting good support; the right to relationships; housing; work and personal finance; inclusion in the community. The report concluded that action research in partnership with a range of stakeholders (people with learning disabilities, family members and practitioners) should be funded. These studies should be well-designed and robust, in order to help understand how changes can happen, and how we can bridge the gap between policy and practice.
People with learning disabilities in England 2010
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, et al
- Publisher:
- Improving Health and Lives: Learning Disabilities Observatory
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 71p.
- Place of publication:
- Stockton-on-Tees
Information is collected by several government departments on the characteristics of people with learning disabilities and on the services and supports used by them and their unpaid carers. The aim of this report is to provide a concise summary of this information and to provide links to key data collections. The report estimates that in England in 2010 1,198,000 people had learning disabilities. This includes: 298,000 children (188,000 boys, 110,000 girls) age 0-17; and 900,000 adults (526,000 men and 374,000 women), of whom 191,000 (21%) are known to learning disabilities services. The report includes data on health services, education, adult social care, employment, benefits and carers. Some of the information highlights progress being made on the implementation of key health and social care policies for people with learning disabilities, including: increased rates of uptake of annual health checks by adults with learning disabilities; a reduction in NHS long-term accommodation for adults with learning disabilities; and increased uptake of direct payments and personal budgets by people with learning disabilities. Other information, for example the very low rates of employment among adults with learning disabilities, highlights the progress that still needs to be made in order to meet the aspirations of current policies.
Valuing people now: summary report March 2009-September 2010: including findings from Learning Disability Partnership Board self assessments 2009-2010
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- London
All 152 Learning Disability Partnership Boards produced an annual report setting out the progress they made from April 2009 to March 2010. The information from these was used by nine Regional Boards to create summary reports for each region. This report brings together the key findings from the regional reports and additional national data to illustrate progress achieved in delivering Valuing People Now (the three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities published by the Department of Health in 2009). It provides summary information about the local Partnership Boards reports, key findings on the priority areas of health, housing, and employment, and progress in other areas including personalisation, transition, including everyone, hate crime, and advocacy. It also identifies further progress needed and provides examples of good practice at a regional and local level.
Learning disability and social inclusion
- Author:
- MACINTYRE Gillian
- Publisher:
- Dunedin Academic Press
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 96p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
People with learning disabilities, in Scotland and across the UK as a whole, have been the target of considerable legislative and policy change over the last five years. A key theme relates to the inclusion of people with learning disabilities in the community - in education, in training and employment and in relation to accessing health, housing and leisure services. This is perhaps best exemplified by the review of learning disability services Gillian McIntyre acknowledges and addresses this complexity by mapping and reviewing critically these relevant policy developments. Drawing on the available research evidence, the author adopts a life cycle approach, tracing the journey taken by young adults with learning disabilities upon leaving school and making the transition to adulthood and beyond. Focusing on the major areas identified she identifies key messages in the fields of education, training and employment, health and social work. The book thus contributes an inter-professional perspective to the field of learning disability.
Health and safety in a learning disability service
- Authors:
- JOHNSON David, HARDIE Elaine
- Publisher:
- Heinemann
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 93p.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Includes chapters on: health and safety responsibilities in a learning disability service; safe moving and positioning; responding to accidents and sudden illness; medication and health-care tasks; reducing the spread of infection; promoting fire safety; security in the workplace.
The same as you?: a review of services for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 137p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This review began by looking at services, especially in social and healthcare, and their relationship with education, housing, employment and other areas. However, its focus changed to include people’s lifestyles. That is what matters. Services are there to support people in their daily lives. The Learning Disability Review has succeeded in involving many of those with an interest, especially those who use services and their carers, at different points in the journey. The focus of the report is consistent with existing policies on community care. ‘Modernising Community Care’ wants better results for people through quicker and better decision-making, greater emphasis on care at home and agencies working more closely together.
Support for people with a learning disability
- Authors:
- KENNEDY Steven, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Library
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 53
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes recent changes to policy and services for people with a learning disability in England. Over 1.2 million people in England have a learning disability. The Government and NHS England are working to reduce health inequalities for people with a learning disability and have established national programmes to improve treatment and outcomes. The briefing details these initiatives, looking specifically at health policies, employment, social security, education. The briefing also provides a summary of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on people with learning disabilities in England. (Edited publisher abstract)
Support for people with a learning disability
- Authors:
- PARKIN Elizabeth, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Library
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 41
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes recent changes to policy and services for people with a learning disability in England. Over 1.2 million people in England have a learning disability. The Government and NHS England are working to reduce health inequalities for people with a learning disability and have established national programmes to improve treatment and outcomes. The briefing details these initiatives, looking specifically at health policies, employment, social security, education. The briefing also provides a summary of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on people with learning disabilities in England. (Edited publisher abstract)
Is the Irish (Republic of) comprehensive employment strategy fit for purpose in promoting the employment of people with intellectual disabilities in the open labor market? A discussion using evidence from the National Intellectual Disability Database
- Author:
- MAY‐SIMERA Charlotte
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 15(4), 2018, pp.284-294.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
People with intellectual disabilities are largely absent from the labour market. Instead many people with intellectual disabilities attend one or more of the various employment, day, work (occupational) and training services available. This paper considers the impact of adult day service reform along with the new comprehensive employment strategy (CES) might have in improving the participation of people with intellectual disabilities in the open labour market. Day and employment services for people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland are largely organised though the Health Service Executive (HSE), the medical arm of Ireland's service machinery. However, these services have kept Irelands “invisible citizens” segregated, and separate from their communities. Despite identifying this problematic issue, services intended to support people with intellectual disabilities to lead more meaningful and fulfilled lives and be included in their communities have been unsuccessful in achieving this. Although successive governments and have announced to phase out segregated service provision for people with intellectual disabilities so that they can lead integrated lives as part of their communities, trends in the data reveal a growth rather than a decline in specialist, segregated service attendance. The widespread closures of employment services that operated as sheltered workshops, for example, did not lead to an automatic increase in the employment rates as would perhaps be expected. This signals that, despite the promise of better community inclusion through revived policies, as part of the mainstreaming agenda, services still largely operate in separate spheres and people with disabilities continue to lead marginalized lives on the peripheries of society. This research concludes that current disability policies in place to improve the lives of persons with disabilities and increase their participation and inclusion have had limited success. Most people with intellectual disabilities continue to attend adult days services rather than participating in their communities or engaging in meaningful work. (Edited publisher abstract)
England’s most disadvantaged groups: people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- London
This spotlight report focusses on the experiences of people with learning disabilities, drawing on the findings from Is England Fairer? (Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2016). It examines the experiences of people with learning disabilities in relation to education, work, health and care, and prisons. There is increased recognition of the disadvantages that people with learning disabilities face. However, change has been slow and many people with learning disabilities are still ‘cared for’ rather than ‘supported with’. The result is that many learning disabled people are still excluded and continue to face inequality in every aspect of their lives. The report indicates that a greater number of learning disabled people are currently in higher education than in previous years. However, six months after qualifying, leavers with a specific learning disability were less likely to be in full-time work. People with learning disabilities have also considerably poorer health than the general population and they are not correctly identified and supported by the criminal justice system. (Edited publisher abstract)