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Direct linkEileen Kelleher; Maria Caples; Teresa Wills; Anne-Marie Martin – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Background: Individuals with intellectual disabilities often require various supports in their everyday lives. Many access both acute and intellectual disability services depending on their needs. Previous research has highlighted suboptimal experiences of care provided in acute services. Joint working between both services has been recognised as…
Descriptors: Health Services, Intellectual Disability, Allied Health Personnel, Access to Health Care
Nicole Cruse; Victor Piotto; Carl Coelho; Nicholas Behn – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Impaired discourse production is commonly reported for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Discourse deficits can negatively impact community integration, return to employment and quality of life. COVID-19 restrictions have reduced in-person assessment services for people with communication impairments. Advances in…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Health Services, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments
Mary Bottomley; Jodie Bradley; Lisa Clark; Bryan Collis; Bojana Daw Srdanovic; Victoria Farnsworth; Annie Ferguson; Dan Goodley; Andrew Fox; Nikita K. Hayden; Charlotte Lawthom; Rebecca Lawthom; Claudia Magwood; Robert McLean; Ian Middleton; Alison Owen; Matty Prothero; Simon Rice; Simon Richards; Katherine Runswick-Cole; Kelly Scargill; Rohit Shankar; Toni Ann Wood – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: We are a research team of clinical, academic and advocacy-based researchers with and without learning disabilities, working on the "Humanising Healthcare" (for people with learning disabilities) project. The project is dedicated to finding and sharing healthcare practices that enhance the lives of people with learning…
Descriptors: Ethics, Learning Disabilities, Guidelines, Researchers
Hussain, Rafat; Parmenter, Trevor; Wark, Stuart; Janicki, Matthew; Knox, Marie; Hayhoe, Nicola – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Although a 'person-centred focus' is a legislated objective for both aged-care and disability services sectors in Australia, evidence suggests limited translation into systems and practices due to entrenched silos. This paper proposes a Best Practice Framework to mitigate these silos. Methods: Mixed-methods research comprising key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Health Services, Disabilities
Rhianne Hoffman; Elizabeth Spencer; Joanne Steel – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Spoken discourse impairments post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) are well-documented and heterogeneous in nature. These impairments have chronic implications for adults in terms of employment, socializing and community involvement. Intervention delivered by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) is recommended for adults with discourse…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments
Dowson, Steve – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
UK social care policy has "traditionally" sought to minimise organisational and sector boundaries through cooperation and partnership. This discussion paper argues that there is a case for a social care system based openly on separation of powers to address the conflicts of interest that inevitably exist between the actors--notably local…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Social Services, Disabilities, Civil Rights
Melese Negash – Cogent Education, 2024
The present study aims to analyze disability-related Amharic proverb messages, their implications, and gender orientation. To do so, a mixed research approach and descriptive survey design were applied. Data were collected through document analysis. The collected data were analyzed using thematic content analysis, frequency counts, and…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Proverbs, Disabilities, Content Analysis
Saran, Ashrita; White, Howard; Kuper, Hannah – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background: There are approximately 1 billion people in the world with some form of disability. This corresponds to approximately 15% of the world's population (World Report on Disability, 2011). The majority of people with disabilities (80%) live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where disability has been shown to disproportionately…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Disabilities
Degeneffe, Charles Edmund – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2022
Purpose: The present article provides a narrative review of Australia's approach toward acquired brain injury (ABI) and proposes how Australia and the United States can collaborate to improve service delivery for persons with ABI and their families with epidemiology, healthcare, prevention, research, and training. Method: A narrative review of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Head Injuries, Brain, International Cooperation
Ratkeviciene, Milda – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2020
Introduction: Health care is one of the most important fields not only in individual countries, but globally as well, yet it remains one of the most sensitive topics, too. Global organisations have calculated that one out of seven residents around the world has some sort of disability. It is very likely that due to various processes, the number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Allied Health Occupations Education, Disabilities, Specialists
Download full textMohammed, Mona; Alkoheji, Latifa – Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
The study's first objective is to present an overview of the demographic information of speech therapists and the current service delivery process provided by government entities in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The second objective is to analyze the caseload and workload of the Speech Unit clinics at Salmaniya Medical Complex. The study takes a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Therapy, Audiology, Allied Health Personnel
Oluwatosin O. Akande – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The study examined the difficulties encountered by parents of children with ASD in rural communities in Nigeria. The lack of sufficient healthcare facilities and proficient practitioners in rural locations hinders the availability of early intervention services. The cultural beliefs and misconceptions surrounding ASD exacerbate stigma,…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Attitudes, Children, Disabilities
Rooney, Joy M.; Unwin, Peter F. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
Service users and carers' (SUACs) inclusion in student selection days at English universities is accepted as standard practice, since such inclusion is mandated by a range of professional health and social work regulators. However, SUACs' voices are little heard; this study addresses this knowledge gap for the first time. Student selection…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Social Work
Cosma, Pandelitsa; Mulcare, Rachael – Educational & Child Psychology, 2022
Rationale: The rationale for this small-scale research project arose from discussions at a national youth offending special interest group for educational psychologists (EPs). The Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) was introduced following revisions to the SEND Code of Practice based on the Children and Families Act (2014) to support children…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Youth, Juvenile Justice, Educational Psychology
Hemsley, Bronwyn; McCarthy, Shaun; Adams, Natalie; Georgiou, Andrew; Hill, Sophie; Balandin, Susan – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2018
Background: The aim of this review was to explore the legal, ethical, and rights issues surrounding use of the Australian My Health Record (MyHR) by people with communication disability. Method: We undertook a narrative review of the legislation and research affecting the implementation of MyHR in populations with communication disability.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Legal Problems, Ethics, Civil Rights
