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Supporting people with learning disabilities who self-injure
- Author:
- HESLOP Pauline
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 16(1), January 2011, pp.5-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Despite large amounts of research conducted on self-injury in people with learning disabilities, little has addressed the perspectives of those with disabilities, and what they view as most helpful. This article, citing results from the Hidden Pain project which examined the views of those with learning disabilities on their self-injury, reports on the support that people with learning disabilities who self-injure say they have found, or would find, helpful in relation to their self-injury. Themes that emerged from people with learning disabilities, including those who use little or no verbal communication, is that they want opportunities to communicate their feelings and to be listened to. The paper concluded that being open to listening and developing one's own communication skills was essential for supporters of people with learning disabilities who self-injure to help this group.