...Julie King; Niki Edwards; Ignacio Correa-Velez; Rosalyn Darracott; Maureen Fordyce Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of a refugee family navigating complex disability and restrictive practice service systems. Living with disability, or caring for someone...

... Carers Family Consultation Out of area The Placement Monitoring Team was set up in 2005, initially funded as a scoping project to identify those out of area (OOA) detained under the Mental Health Act (Department of Health (DH, 1983)). Following evaluation this was developed as part...

... Purpose This paper seeks to present the viewpoint of a family carer of a young man with autism. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the author's views and experiences of caring for a family member with autism. It is a personal account of the impact that “autism” can have on family...

...Robert J Fletcher; Judith Hill‐Weld Purpose This paper seeks to describe the value of utilizing family systems theory as a meta‐theory in psychotherapy with persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, at different stages of the family life cycle. Design...

...Jeremy Turk; Lynne Zwink Purpose – This paper presents the viewpoint of a parent of two children with Fragile X syndrome. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents the author's views of her and her family's experience of Fragile X syndrome. Findings – The paper provides...