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Ordinary women: issues for women with learning disabilities
- Author:
- BROWN Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 24(2), 1996, pp.47-51.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews some key issues for women with learning disabilities and those who work with them arguing that many of these are 'ordinary' women's issues which are exacerbated because they often remain unacknowledged. Services ignore gender more than sexuality leading to very atypical lifestyles for women with learning disabilities. Explores how women's needs around fitness and appearance, sexuality and sexual abuse, reproductive rights and experiences of motherhood and caring for others could be supported by services which were more willing to acknowledge that women with learning disabilities are 'women first'.
Providing a safety net
- Author:
- BROWN Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.10.92, 1992, pp.iv-v.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Complaints procedures are recognised as an essential safeguard within the new mixed economy of care. Questions whether they can deliver positive change to people with learning difficulties.
Monitoring adult protection referrals in 10 English local authorities
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, STEIN June
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 2(3), September 2000, pp.19-31.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reports the results of a study of the monitoring of adult protection referrals in 10 local authorities during six months in 1998.The information provides a useful window on the effectiveness of current policies and provides a baseline from which to anticipate the implications for workload and service planning of recent government guidance.
Towards better interviewing: a handbook for police officers and social workers on the sexual abuse of adults with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, et al
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 73p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Handbook aimed at social workers and police officers who are investigating cases of sexual abuse of adults with learning difficulties. Provides a framework within which the two agencies can collaborate and describes good practice in conducting interviews with adults who are thought to have been abused, have witnessed abuse, or are alleged to have abused others.
A practical guide to working with people with learning disabilities: a handbook for care assistants and support workers
- Editors:
- BROWN Hilary, BENSON Sue
- Publisher:
- Hawker/Care Concern
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 176p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Practical text for people working with people with learning difficulties. Looks at all aspects of the work, including: how services have changed; coming into care; the caring relationship; individual planning; effective communication; sight and hearing; challenging behaviour; teaching new skills; day care; finding and keeping a job; leisure and recreation; meeting the needs of black people; mealtimes and personal care; sexuality; health care; medical matters; rights, advocacy and support; how the home is managed; managing an emergency; and career planning.