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Reflecting on change: consumers' views of the impact of the All-Wales strategy
- Authors:
- TODD Stuart, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 21(4), December 1993, pp.128-136.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
Reports on the views of users of services for people with learning difficulties in Wales living in the community.
The sexual abuse of adults with learning disabilities: results of a two-year incidence survey
- Authors:
- TURK Vicky, BROWN Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(3), 1993, pp.193-216.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports the results of the largest survey to date of the sexual abuse of adults with learning disabilities. Existing knowledge is reviewed in the light of complex methodological and definition issues that exist and limit any work undertaken. The few existing studies of sexual abuse of adults with learning disabilities are described. Details of the current survey of sexual abuse carried out by the University of Kent and funded by the Rowntree Foundation are then provided. Details results of the survey are presented followed by a discussion of their implications and comparability with previous research.
A consumer survey of adults with learning disabilities currently doing work experience: their satisfaction with work and wishes for the future
- Authors:
- SHANLY Angela, ROSE John
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(3), 1993, pp.250-262.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports on research into the attitudes of eighteen people with learning disabilities at a day centre in Oxford towards their work experience programme, and their preference for full-time or part-time work. The research design incorporated a number of open-ended, yes/no and either/or questions in order to reduce the problems of acquiescence and inconsistency often found when interviewing people with learning disabilities.
Loneliness and social competence among preadolescents and adolescents with mild mental retardation
- Authors:
- MARGALIT Malka, RONEN Tammie
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(2), 1993, pp.97-111.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports on a study whose findings demonstrated that in comparison to the younger group, adolescents received a more reserved acceptance by their peers, although they reported themselves to feel less lonely and showed higher rates of social competence in terms of less behaviour maladjustment and higher empathy and self-control skills.
Individual characteristics and service support for older people with moderate, severe and profound learning disability with and without Community Mental Handicap Team support
- Authors:
- MOSS S.C., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(1), 1993, pp.3-17.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Reports on a survey in one metropolitan borough, which found that people with learning disabilities in contact with the CMHT received a significantly greater input with respect to all forms of provision. The findings support Wolfensberger's concern regarding the appropriateness of generic services for elderly people for those with learning disabilities.