We wanted to find out what support and information is available to girls and women with learning disabilities about periods (also called ‘menstruation’) over a lifetime. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the impact of the ED approach on the prescription of psychotropic medication during inpatient psychiatric treatment. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We invited participants ...to take part in the current study on sleep–wake rhythm, mood and behaviour in older adults with IDs 1 year after installing environmental dynamic light installations in the common living rooms of six group homes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The main objective of this study was to evaluate gait parameters in people with intellectual disability (ID) and without intellectual disability (WID) in two different walking conditions [single task vs. dual task (DT)]. A secondary aim was to evaluate the dual-task cost (DTC) that the DT causes in each group. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to evaluate the changes in gait deviations and walking speed in adults with DS after a DS-specific exercise programme. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We tried to find out why some older adults with intellectual disability may have poor bone health and are at risk of breaking bones. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Sometimes women with learning disabilities do not go for these checks, and we wanted to find out why. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We studied three separate autistic samples, each of which differed in how they were diagnosed and how they were recruited. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We asked 33 autistic adults from two industry-led employment programmes about their experiences in the programmes. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Little is known about the parenting experiences of autistic mothers, especially those who have daughters who are not on the autism spectrum. In this study, we interviewed seven autistic mothers who have raised or are currently raising non-autistic teenage daughters. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We co-produced an online self-guided self-compassion program based on evidence-based self-compassion practices for autistic adults called the Self-compassion Program for Autistic Adults. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We examined the use of person- and identity-first language (PFL, IFL) in scholarly writing about autism by reviewing 12,962 journal abstracts from 11 autism research journals (mostly covering the years 2001–2022). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study uses a qualitative approach to investigate the healthcare experiences of autistic adults. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aimed to analyse the blood lipid profile of a large DS cohort to establish a baseline for evaluating health risk parameters. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This review focuses on community and in-patient approaches to meeting a complexity of need. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We aim to determine the effectiveness of lifestyle modification interventions and their components in targeting health risk behaviours in adults with IDs. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This study aimed to understand how lifestyle modification interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities work, for whom they work and in what circumstances. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Individuals with intellectual disabilities (IDs) often present deficiencies in motor, balance and postural control. On the other hand, the practice of physical activity and dance usually reduces these deficiencies. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to compare the control of the centre of pressure (COP) in people with Down syndrome (DS) or other causes of ID in relation to people without disabilities and to observe the influence of vision and the practice of dance. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The project is dedicated to finding and sharing healthcare practices that enhance the lives of people with learning disabilities. As part of our ethics applications to access National Health Service study sites for fieldwork, we worked together to write guiding principles for co-producing research ethics with researchers with learning disabilities. In this paper, we introduce these Participatory Ethics Good Practice Guidelines and reflect on our collaboration. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
We piloted a person-centred method to enable one young person's (Dominic) voice to be included in his transition to adult services. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.