Stacey Atkinson
Politics and people who have disabilities
Research team explores concepts the UN member states have regarding political activeness and...
Folic acid, Vitamin B12 and Autism
Study finds link to children born with autism and mothers taking excessive amounts of...
Exercise provides a short-term improvement for ADHD
Study reveals the short-term improvements for group of men diagnosed with ADHD.
New form of writing therapy to help carers
A new method known as written emotional disclosure (WED) explored to help support carers.
New study looks at effects melatonin has on sleep disorders in children
Although melatonin is increasingly prescribed as a treatment for sleep disturbance disorders...
Mothers have been studied to consider how stress levels effect engagement
Mothers have been studied to consider how stress levels effect their engagement in therapy...
Exploration of the mental health of adults with autism
US study compared the mental health of patients with autistic spectrum disorders with a random control group
Prader-Willi syndrome – the impact of vagal nerve stimulation
A summary of the findings from an open trial of vagus nerve stimulation
Balance training for teenagers with learning disabilities
What a study looking into the effects of balance training on young people with learning disabilities reveals
The Conversation Train: A Visual Approach to Conversation for Children on the Autism Spectrum
IN THIS book trains and train travel are metaphors for different aspects of conversation, which the author uses to encourage children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs) to communicate. Adults with ASD may be put off by the book’s several colourful pictures of model trains.
The involvement of service users in nursing students’ education
This article outlines the impact, merits and challenges of service users’ and carers’ contributions to learning disability nurse training, and the practical considerations of such involvement. Service users and carers can be involved in student selection and teaching, and in healthcare delivery policy, curriculum planning, training programme development teaching, placement, assessments and final examinations.
It’s great to grow up
For many years the maturity of learning disabled children has been highly controversial. For example, Kempton (1978) suggested that teaching people with learning disabilities about sex raised fears among members of the public that it would result in people having sex all the time. In an influential book, Craft (1983) described people with learning disabilities who engaged in homosexual acts as being deviant. The sexual activities of learning disabled people have also been described as ‘highly emotive’ (Snell 1988) and ‘inappropriate’ (Blakey 1996). Today, many children with learning disabilities still receive no sex education.