Learning disabilities Blog Posts

• Health surveillance insufficient to meet healthcare needs of people with Down syndrome in Finland study

  29 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Short breaks allocation could not be explained by availability of provision in Irish study

  28 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Video-based contact programme improves support staff’s interactions with people with learning disabilities

  27 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Mental disorder in children and adolescents with learning disabilities between 30 and 50%

  24 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Extreme sensitivity to sound mediates pathways for language development in Williams syndrome

  23 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Read code searches may result in under-detection in primary care registers of patients with learning disabilities

  22 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Systematic review suggests active support does not yet meet criteria for evidence-based practice

  21 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• US study finds significantly high prevalence of diabetes in adults with learning disabilities

  20 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• More accessible information needed to improve uptake of mammography by women with learning disabilities

  17 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Evidence on benefits of physical activity for people with learning disabilities yet to be translated into practice

  16 Jun 2011

  • John Northfield