Background Interactions with professional caregivers affect the quality of support and life of
people with intellectual disabilities and contribute to the occurrence of challenging …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline the role played by different aspects of the
social, physical and organisational environments in preventing behaviour described as …

Background The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(UNCRPD) promotes the use of supported decision making in lieu of substitute decision …

Background The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the effectiveness and
implementation of advanced allied health assistant roles. Methods A systematic search of …

The disabled people's movements have successfully influenced public policies and laws.
Self‐advocates who are autistic or have an intellectual disability have been working …

Background The front‐line management role in services for people with intellectual
disabilities remains rather under‐researched. The aim of this study was to examine the …

Background High‐quality, affective relationships are built on meaningful moments of
interaction, which are challenging for support staff to establish with people with profound …

Background The social relationships model was developed to describe positive
relationships between support staff and people with intellectual disability. We evaluated an …

Accessible summary We looked at staff working with people with a learning disability and
challenging behaviour. We tried to find out if managers' help their staff to work better. We …

Background Support staff may diverge in their use of augmentative and alternative
communication (AAC) and key word signing (KWS). AAC use is determined by multiple …