Learning Disability Week 16th to 22nd June 2025

 The theme for Learning Disability Week this year is “Do you see me?” – aiming to celebrate what people with a learning disability bring to society and ensuring that they are seen, heard and valued in all aspects of life.

 

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES  

The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.

BOOKS

• Learning and intellectual disability nursing practice; Mafuba, Kay; 2023; (Routledge); 2^nd edition, ebook.

• Learning disability nursing: developing professional practice; Northway, Ruth; Hopes, Paula; 2022; (Critical Publishing)

• Intellectual disabilities: toward inclusion; Atherton, Helen; Crickmore, Debbie J; 2022; (Churchill Livingston); 7^th edition. – [also available as both a Keele e-book]

• Camberwell assessment of need for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities: CANDID; Xenitidis, Kiriakos; Slade, Mike; Thornicroft, Graham; Bouras, Nick; 2021; (Cambridge University Press), 2^nd edition.

• Physical health of adults with intellectual disabilities; Janicki, Matthew P; Prasher, Vee P; 2018; (Springer); 2^nd edition.

• Seminars in the psychiatry of intellectual disability; Scheepers, Mark; Kerr, Michael; 2019; (Cambridge University Press); 3^rd edition.

• Don't put us away: memories of a man with learning disabilities; Keagan-Bull, Richard; 2022 (Critical Publishing) – [also available as both a Keele and NHS e-book]

• Made possible: stories of success by people with learning disabilities - in their own words; Salman, Saba, editor; 2020; (Unbound) – [also available as a Keele e-book]

• Love, learning disabilities and pockets of brilliance: how practitioners can make a difference to the lives of children, families and adults; Ryan, Sara (Siobhan); 2020; (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)

JOURNALS

• Australian journal of learning difficulties (online); (Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group) – [available as a Keele e-journal from 2008 onwards]

• Advances in mental health and intellectual disabilities; (Pier Professional) – [available as a Keele e-journal from 2007 onwards; available in print at the Health Library for the years 2010-2015]

• Journal of intellectual disabilities (online); (SAGE Publications) – [available as a Keele e-journal from 2005 onwards; available as in print at the Health Library for the years 2005 to 2011]

• Siglo cero (Madrid, Spain); Federación Española de Asociaciones Protectoras de Subnormales; (Ediciones Universidad Salamanca) - a multidisciplinary journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities – [available as an Open Access e-journal from 1967 onwards]

• International journal of developmental disabilities; British Society for Developmental Disabilities, issuing body; (Maney Publishing) – [available as a Keele e-journal from 2012 onwards; as a NHS ejournal 2018 – 2024; and available as Open Access from 2018 onwards]

• Learning disability practice; Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain); (RCN Pub) – [available as a Keele e-journal from 2003 onwards; and as a NHS ejournal  2006 – 2013 & 2019 onwards]

• Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability (Taylor and Francis) [available as a Keele & NHS ejournal 1997 onwards]

N.B. NHS members can obtain temporary Keele IT log-ins to view Keele e-journals from the Keele IT suite in the Health Library at Royal Stoke. NHS ejournals will require NHS members to login with an NHS OpenAthens account to access articles.

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/  

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• “Co‐producing ethics guidelines together with people with learning disabilities”; Bottomley, Mary; Bradley, Jodie; Clark, Lisa; et al; British journal of learning disabilities, 2024-12, Vol.52 (4), p.611-632; DOI: 10.1111/bld.12590

• “A Thematic Review on Using the Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Inventory to Identify and Diagnose Individuals with and Without Learning Disabilities”; Almaghlouth, Shrouq; Alduais, Ahmed; Qasem, Fawaz; et al; Journal of Disability Research, 2025-01, Vol.4 (1); DOI: 10.57197/JDR-2024-0111

• “Understanding the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions in adults with learning disabilities: a mixed-methods systematic review”; Rana, Dikshyanta; Westrop, Sophi ; Jaiswal, Nishant; et al; Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), 2025-02, Vol.29 (4), p.1-168; DOI: 10.3310/BSTG4556

• “Factors associated with the identification of mental health conditions among people with learning disabilities in primary care: A scoping review”; Wigham, Sarah; Melvin, Eleanor; et al; British journal of learning disabilities, 2024-03, Vol.52 (1), p.36-53; DOI: 10.1111/bld.12544

• “‘The whole thing is beyond stress’: Family perspectives on the experience of hospitalisation through to discharge for individuals with severe learning disabilities and complex needs”; Stock, Megan; Mulholland, Mark; et al; British journal of learning disabilities, 2024-12, Vol.52 (4), p.633-643; DOI: 10.1111/bld.12595

• “A Scoping Review of Health‐Related Self‐Management Approaches for Adults With Intellectual Disabilities”; Devitt, Alison; Nott, Melissa; Rossiter, Rachel; Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities, 2025-05, Vol.38 (3), p.e70057; DOI: 10.1111/jar.70057

• “Healthcare for People With Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploration of Intellectual Disability Service Providers' Experiences of Joint Working With Acute Service Providers When People With Intellectual Disabilities Access Healthcare in Acute Services”; Kelleher, Eileen; Caples, Maria; et al; British journal of learning disabilities, 2025-03, Vol.53 (1), p.134-144; DOI: 10.1111/bld.12625

N.B. All the above articles are Open Access so are available online to both Keele & NHS users.

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE

• NHS website:

• Learning disabilities - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/learning-disabilities/

• Charities / Further information:

• Mencap - https://www.mencap.org.uk/

• Clinical Key – Patient Education Leaflets [Available to UHNM only with OpenAthens log-in]:

• Learning Disabilities Information, Pediatric - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_8b16ae59-273e-418c-8e9b-ddce309f5bc2

• Caring for a Person Who Has Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_caring-for-a-person-who-has-intellectual-or-developmental-disabilities_en

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