Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 22 Issue 3

Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus: Our Heritage – the role of heritage exhibitions in tackling social isolation

Marc Lupson

Using the “Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus: Our Heritage” exhibition as a case study, the purpose of this paper is to look at how heritage exhibitions can be used to address social…

Reflections on writing and exhibiting learning disability history: commentary on “Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus: Our Heritage”

Simon Jarrett, Nicola Clare Grove

The purpose of this paper is to comment on the article “Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus: Our Heritage – the role of heritage exhibitions in tackling social isolation.”

Working with persons with an intellectual disability: the transferential process between therapist and client and the systems they inhabit

Pádraig Cotter, Sara Hollwey, Alan Carr

The purpose of this paper is to appraise “transference” and “countertransference” when working with people with intellectual disabilities (PWID).

Enabling good emotional support for and with people with learning disabilities

Victoria Mason, Val Williams

Picking up from Cotter et al.’s article on the transferential process, the purpose of this paper is to set out some arguments about the ways of meeting the emotional needs of…

A review of social skills interventions for adults with autism and intellectual disability

Kerrie Elizabeth Bundock, Olivia Hewitt

Individuals with autism and intellectual disability (ID) have increased needs regarding social interaction. Social skills interventions have focussed on children; however…

Developing social skills

Alex Kelly

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the different features of social skills and outline a hierarchy of social skills model.

Estimating the number of people with Down’s syndrome in Scotland and the cohort at elevated risk of early onset dementia

Claire Stuart

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the size of the population of people with Down’s syndrome in Scotland in order to provide a basis for estimating likely numbers of people…

Commentary on “Estimating the number of people with Down’s syndrome in Scotland and the cohort at elevated risk of early onset dementia”

Karen Dodd

The purpose of this paper is to consider the implications for people with Down’s syndrome and their families of identifying those people who are at risk of developing dementia…

Deprivation of liberty applications concerning people with learning disabilities in England: trends over time and geographical variation

Chris Hatton

The purpose of this paper is to analyse trends over time and geographical variation in Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications for adults with learning disabilities.