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• Consent and People With Intellectual Disabilities: The Basics
• The Benefits of Exercise to a Down's Syndrome Population (advanced)
• Ophir: A Mother's Story
• Parents' Perspectives as their Child Approaches Adulthood
• The Wellness Book (incl. two commentaries)
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• What is Intellectual Disability?
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• Down's Syndrome
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• History of Down's Syndrome
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• How To Look After My Balls
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• Overview of Learning [Intellectual] Disability in Children

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Diagnosis, causes and prevalence

• Antenatal Screening
  • Biochemical screening (advanced)
• Autism
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders (advanced)
• Controversial Issues in Autism
• Brain Development
• Classification and Assessment of Psychiatric Disorders in Adults with Learning [Intellectual] Disabilities
• Confronting The Distortions: Mothers Of Children With Down Syndrome And Prenatal Testing
• Down's Syndrome
• Environmental Health
• Experience of a cognitive assessment
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: An Overview
• Fragile X (advanced)
• Genetics of Down's Syndrome
• Prenatal Testing and Informed Choice
  • Facilitating Informed Choice in Prenatal Testing: How Well Are We Doing? (advanced)
• Prader-Willi
• Prenatal Testing: A Personal View
• Psychological Treatments for People with Learning Disabilities
  

Changing values and services

• Action for Health - How Is It Going?
• Assessing the Value of the Internet in Health Improvement
• Government Policy in England: Inclusion in Mainstream Healthcare
• Healthcare Decision-Making By Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (advanced)
• History of Down's Syndrome
• I have Down's Syndrome - but don't feel sorry for me
• Legislation and Clinical Practice in Learning Disability
• My Role as a Supporter
• Policy development in England
• Self Advocacy
• Social Care Services and the Social Perspective
• Top Ten Tips for effective consultation
• User involvement
• The Wellness Book (incl. two commentaries)
• Working with the Baked Bean Theatre Company
• Commentary: Setting Up the Theatre Company

Complex disability

• Clinical Communication
• Down's Syndrome & Autism
• Down's Syndrome & Childhood Deafness - Link to Booklet
• Epilepsy
  
• Hearing Impairment and Down's Syndrome
  • Use of hearing aids (advanced)
• Visual impairment
• Visual impairment & cognition

Life stages

• Ageing and Down's Syndrome
• Bereavement
• Elderly carers
• I have Down's Syndrome - but don't feel sorry for me
• Ophir: A Mother's Story
• Overview of Learning [Intellectual] Disability in Children
• Parents with Intellectual Disabilities
• People with Down's Syndrome at all ages
  • Children with Down's Syndrome (advanced)
• Transition for children with Intellectual Disabilities
• When My Dad Died: A Relative's Perspective

Mental and physical health

Mental health:

• Ageing & Dementia
• Assessment in an Acute Psychiatry Setting
• Autism
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders (advanced)
• Behaviour Management
• Behaviour Management: A Commentary
• Behavioural Phenotypes in Adulthood
  
• Bereavement
• Brain Development
• Classification and Assessment of Psychiatric Disorders in Adults with Learning [Intellectual] Disabilities
• Depression V
• Epidemiology of Learning [Intellectual] Disability and Comorbid Conditions
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: An Overview
• Managing Grief Better
• Recognising Psychosis in Nonverbal Patients
• Key Highlights of Research Evidence on the Health of People with Learning [Intellectual] Disabilities
• Psychiatric Morbidity in Adults with Down's Syndrome
• Psychological Treatments for People with Learning Disabilities
• The Use Of Drugs For The Treatment Of Behaviour Disorders In Adults Who Have Learning [Intellectual] Disabilities
  

• Assessing the Value of the Internet in Health Improvement
• Assessment in Primary Care V
• The Benefits of Exercise to a Down's Syndrome Population (advanced)
• Cancer, Palliative Care
• Cardiology & Down's Syndrome
• Cervical Spine Instability
• Dental Health
  • Oral health care recommendations (advanced)
• Epilepsy
• Health Action Plans: Some Guidelines for General Practitioners and Primary Care Teams
• Hearing
• Immune disorders
• Eyes
• People with Down's Syndrome at all ages
• Visual Impairment
• The St. George's Health Check Questionnaire V
• Health Guidelines for an Adult with an Intellectual Disability
• Key Highlights of Research Evidence on the Health of People with Learning [Intellectual] Disabilities

Families

• A daughter's personal view
• Elderly carers
• Family Issues
• I have Down's Syndrome - but don't feel sorry for me
• Informed Choice in Prenatal Testing
• Ophir: A Mother's Story
• Overview of Learning [Intellectual] Disability in Children
• Parents with Intellectual Disabilities
• Parents' Perspectives as their Child Approaches Adulthood
• Parents' views
• Siblings' views
• The Wellness Book (incl. two commentaries)
  
• When My Dad Died: A Relative's Perspective
  
  

How to...

• Clinical Communication
• Common Health Problems Seen in Primary Care
• Consent and People With Intellectual Disabilities: The Basics
• Health Action Plans: What is a Health Action Plan?
• Health Action Plans: Some Guidelines for General Practitioners and Primary Care Teams
• How to Look After My Balls
• How to Treat a Patient in Accident and Emergency
  
• How to Use Books Beyond Words
• How to support skill development by medical students
• The St. George's Health Check Questionnaire V
• Top Ten Tips for effective consultation
• Treating People with Down's Syndrome at All Ages
  

Articles About Down's Syndrome

• Down's Syndrome
• Treating People with Down's Syndrome at All Ages
• History of Down's Syndrome
• Confronting The Distortions: Mothers Of Children With Down Syndrome And Prenatal Testing
• Genetics of Down's Syndrome
• I have Down's Syndrome - but don't feel sorry for me
• Down's Syndrome & Autism
• Hearing Impairment and Down's Syndrome
• Ageing and Down's Syndrome
• The Benefits of Exercise to a Down's Syndrome Population (advanced)