Opinion
COVID-19: uncertain times highlight the best of learning disability nursing
Planet Rachael: the danger of making assumptions
COVID-19 and learning disabilities: reach out and connect
Comment
COVID-19 and learning disabilities: reach out and connect
Clear communication on safeguards is vital for vulnerable people during the pandemic
Planet Rachael: we must unite to protect the lives of people with learning disabilities
Black Lives Matter has shown how powerful a social movement for change can be
Face masks: how nurses can overcome the communication barrier and reassure patients
Compulsory face coverings pose particular challenges when patients are deaf or have dementia
Coping with the death of a colleague: advice and support for nurses
How to deal with bereavement at work and where to go for support
Planet Rachael: what’s new about our COVID-19 world?
Wendy Johnson observes that being in isolation is all too familiar to a neuroatypical person
Could student changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic signal a permanent change?
Final-placement nursing students could permanently become a full part of the workforce
Editorial
COVID-19: uncertain times highlight the best of learning disability nursing
Nursing students starting university graduate courses face a strange new online world
Post COVID-19: what will be the ‘new normal’ for learning disability nurses?
Virtual consultations need to be conducted with the same care and dignity as face to face
Injustice on the COVID-19 front line
The pandemic highlights unfair attitudes towards people with learning disabilities and autism
COVID-19: advice is available for you and your client
Global pandemic means that learning disability nursing ‘reset’ may have to wait
Student finance: one of several reasons for optimism in 2020
After years of stagnation and decline this year has started with some positives
Compulsory learning disability training for all NHS staff is long overdue
Government announces £1.4 million scheme in England thanks to campaign by one brave mother
Reviews
Job Coaches for Adults with Disabilities: A Practical Guide
Nicky Genders looks at a book focusing on the role of a job coach for people with LD
Book review: The Moulster and Griffiths Learning Disability Nursing Model
Michael Brown looks at a book focusing specifically on learning disability nursing models
Book review: Girls and Autism: Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives
A new book focusing on girls and women on the autism spectrum
Book review: Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism
Lynne Marsh reviews a book arguing that vaccines save lives and do not cause autism
Book review: Childhood Obesity: Causes, Consequences, and Intervention Approaches
Community nursing reference guide on nutrition and childhood obesity
Book review: Census
Novel about a dying man on a road trip with his son who has a learning disability