... sheds light on the development of adult safeguarding policy and practice in the UK, particularly how the safeguarding of people with learning disabilities emerged out of early work on the promotion of their rights. It also gives an insight into the work of the Ann Craft Trust, from the pioneering work...

...Emma Austin-Garrod Purpose This paper aims to study themes of abuse and mistreatment of people with a learning disability. Personal stories of lived experience such as this are important pieces of learning and information for practitioners. This case study is intended to add to the limited...

... to influence policy, to empower individuals with a learning disability to have a say in how policies, that influence their life and impact their right to independence, are developed. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a project which was led by a UK-wide interdisciplinary and multi-agency...

...Rachael Clawson; Anne Patterson; Rachel Fyson; Michelle McCarthy Purpose The purpose of this study is to compare the UK demographics of forced marriage of people with learning disabilities and people without learning disabilities to inform effective safeguarding practice. Design/methodology...

... and clarifying the legislative provisions and the associated paperwork. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Mental health Safeguarding DoLS MCA Learning disability Nursing The author studied for his degree in mental health nursing between 2006 and 2009, during which time both...

...Rachel Fyson Services for adults with learning disabilities are currently based on the promotion of four key principles: rights, independence, choice and social inclusion. This paper will argue that, while these principles are welcome, they need to be balanced against a fifth principle...

..., they may also involve transferring management responsibility from services to the individual service user or family carers ‐ or in some cases, could involve setting up an unmanaged service. This article is based on experience of supporting my son who has learning disabilities to move from our family home...

... into the effects of sexual abuse on people with learning disability is reviewed. In the second part of this paper, the major clinical implications of these findings are explored. These include the implications for abuse evaluations, identification of individuals at increased risk of disturbance, implications...

...Corinna Bruder; Biza Kroese; Sarah Bland The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate how the proceedings of a vulnerable adult protection policy is understood by referrers to affect the psychological and emotional well‐being of adults with a learning disability. During the research...

...Paul Cambridge This paper explores the ethical issues surrounding the use of cosmetic surgery for and by people with learning disabilities. Although such interventions are less common in Britain than in the US, there is a growing interest in the use of cosmetic surgery to correct perceived defects...

...Karen McKenzie; Edith Matheson; Donna Paxton; George Murray; Kerry McKaskie This study used vignettes to examine the understanding and application of the concept of duty of care by health and social care staff working in learning disability services, and the relationship of this to promoting client...

...Paul Cambridge This paper offers a framework for managing abuse inquiries in social care. Drawing on experience of an inquiry into the physical abuse of people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviours in a residential service, it reviews the likely demands on inquiries, offers...

...Christopher Stirling The use of physical interventions in the management of aggressive and violent behaviour continues to divide opinion and practice. In learning disability services, it is acknowledged that any physical intervention must be non‐aversive and considered as part of an overall...

...Peter Baker; David Allen People with learning disabilities who present challenging behaviour are particularly vulnerable to physical abuse. It is argued that training in physical intervention could well be a critical variable in determining whether this abuse takes place. Recommendations designed...

...Jane Evans; Christopher Williams Using data from a survey of social services departments, this paper looks at how local authorities are addressing the needs of people with learning disabilities for protection from crime and abuse within the context of adult protection developments. Previous...

...Christina Horrocks This paper describes the work of VOICE UK, one of the country's leading support organisations in the field of abuse of adults with learning disabilities. Here the organisation's director outlines the scale and scope of the task facing VOICE, its aims, priorities and achievements...

... justi ably claim some credit for the upturn in awareness and policy development over the last decade. key words learning disability adult abuse research awareness History THE NATIONAL ORGANISATION now known as the Ann Craft Trust (ACT) began its life as the National Association for the Protection from...