research blogs

Darren Devine discusses the widespread nature of the use of restraint and seclusion in schools for learning disabled children, and speaks to those campaigning to change this. 

Tim Nicholls, Head of Policy at the National Autistic Society, discusses what the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act means for autistic people. 

Rashmi Becker discusses the role of the support worker in bridging the gap between learning disability policy and practice. 

Some councils still insist on seeing disability as a purely physical issue.

The problem for disabled professionals isn’t motivation - it’s practical solutions, argues Nancy Doyle.

Some people with learning disabilities are responding to a changing care landscape by producing their own services.

'Safe Haven' is a series of portraits of pregnant women who know their baby will be born with Down’s syndrome.

Loren Snow has autism and is interested in exploring why the condition is more commonly diagnosed in males.

The latest phase of the Supported Loving campaign reveals ingrained cultural barriers to enabling love and sex that are often going unchallenged.