Tizard Learning Disability Review: Volume 27 Issue 1

Empowering caregivers of children with learning and developmental disabilities: from situation analysis to community-based inclusive development in Kilifi, Kenya

Karen Bunning, Joseph Karisa Gona, Charles Richard Newton, Sally Hartley

Raising a child with learning and developmental disabilities in a low-income setting is challenged by inadequate resources, limited support and poverty. The impacts on caregivers…

Commentary on “Empowering caregivers of children with learning and developmental disabilities: from situation analysis to community-based inclusive development in Kilifi, Kenya”

Kathy Leadbitter, Gauri Divan

This paper is a commentary which aims to address themes arising from the article by Bunning et al. entitled “Empowering caregivers of children with learning and developmental…

Adapted guided self-help booklets for supporting the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic: an evaluation of impact

Roseann Maguire, Carol Pert, Susannah Baines, Amanda Gillooly, Richard P. Hastings, Chris Hatton, Dave Dagnan, Andrew Jahoda

The COVID-19 pandemic meant that it became impossible for many individuals with intellectual disability to access specialist mental health support. The purpose of this study was…

Commentary on “Adapted guided self-help booklets for supporting the wellbeing of people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic”

Lisa Richardson

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on “Adapted guided self-help booklets for supporting the wellbeing of people with intellectual disabilities during the…

Intellectual disability in Switzerland: the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as a vehicle for progress

Eva Büschi, Gabriela Antener, Anne Parpan-Blaser

This paper aims to provide an overview of the history, current status and future challenges for intellectual disability (ID) policy and practice in Switzerland.

Commentary on: Intellectual disability in Switzerland: the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a vehicle for progress

Gabor Petri

The purpose of this paper is to provide a commentary on “Intellectual disability in Switzerland: the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as a vehicle for…

“Lost in the literature.” People with intellectual disabilities who identify as trans: a narrative review

Nathan Keates, Eleanor Dewar, Krysia Emily Waldock

This narrative review aims to examine how trans people with intellectual disabilities are perceived and discussed in the academic literature.

Commentary on: “Lost in the literature”. People with intellectual disabilities who identify as trans: a narrative review

Tessa-May Zirnsak

This paper aims to discuss the barriers that people with intellectual disabilities face to come out as transgender in the context of a paucity of research with or about this group.

Access to and use of health and social care services for people with learning disabilities during COVID-19: a longitudinal study

Samantha Flynn, Chris Hatton, Richard P. Hastings, Nikita Hayden, Sue Caton, Pauline Heslop, Andrew Jahoda, Stuart Todd, Edward Oloidi, Stephen Beyer, Peter Mulhall, Laurence Taggart

This paper aims to present data about access to and use of health and social care services by adults with learning disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, Northern…