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Direct linkNicola Cooper-Moss; Katie Umpleby; Christina Roberts; Christie Garner; Aisha Hazel Edwards; Nicola Ditzel; Jabeer Butt; Samantha Clark; Christopher Hatton; Umesh Chauhan – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Background: People with a learning disability from ethnic minorities experience barriers in their access to healthcare services and poorer health outcomes. This study aimed to explore the factors that contribute to these barriers and to better understand how they can be reduced. Methods: Twenty 'experts by experience' took part in experience-based…
Descriptors: Barriers, Access to Health Care, Health Services, Learning Disabilities
Raji, Oyepeju; Javaid, Shafaq – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Background: Diagnosing and managing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults with intellectual disabilities is currently largely based on findings from assessment and treatment in children or adults without intellectual disabilities. Current evidence suggests that individuals with intellectual disabilities are more likely to have…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Clinical Diagnosis, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intellectual Disability
Rowe, Michelle – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
This article provides a timely response in regard to the Department of Health's current initiative to financially reward GPs to prioritise and undertake dementia screening for people with learning disabilities over the age of 50 years and for people with Down syndrome over the age of 40 years. Whilst GPs are becoming increasingly aware of their…
Descriptors: Dementia, Screening Tests, Learning Disabilities, Down Syndrome
Holman, Andrew – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Athletes with learning disabilities have had a difficult time being included in the Paralympics. They have faced a lot of discrimination, including from other disabled athletes, and just when they were finally included (at the Sydney games in 2000), the Spanish Basketball team cheated by having players on their team who did not have learning…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Athletes, Team Sports
Gittins, Deborah; Rose, Nikki – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
An audit was carried out to gain an overview of the profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) population in a local health trust to inform current and future service provision. An overview of the issues faced in developing clear defining criteria is presented. Published definitions of PMLD were used to identify clients from data held on…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Disability Identification, Clinical Diagnosis
Peer reviewedNewman, David W.; Summerhill, Lisa; Mosley, Ellis; Tooth, Claire – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
This article examines the case of a male with Down syndrome who has been referred to a clinical psychology service due to challenging behaviors. It provides a case history and rationale for the assessment of autism, and describes the positive effects of an intervention for increasing staff awareness of autism. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Autism, Behavior Disorders
