Background Research suggests that persons with intellectual disabilities (ID) are expected
to be more compliant than persons without disabilities and that expectations for compliance …

Objectives Positive behaviour support (PBS) is a values-based framework for supporting
people with disabilities who display challenging behaviour. In Australia, behaviour support …

Background Creative use of legislation can produce positive change in the lives of people
with intellectual disabilities. This may be 'bottom‐up'or 'top‐down'or at multiple levels and …

Planning initiatives for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) have shifted from
traditional planning primarily conducted by caregivers to an individualized planning …

Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act
(“Social Inclusion Act”). The Social Inclusion Act is intended to shift Ontario's developmental …

Purpose–People with learning disabilities are vulnerable to human rights violations, creating
a need for human rights education for both services users and support staff. This research …

Background A serious board game called 'FREDA C hallenge'was co‐produced with people
with intellectual disabilities (PWID) as a tool for human rights (HR) education and increase …

Background Despite growing recognition of essential human rights, people with mental
health conditions and psy‑chosocial, intellectual, or cognitive disabilities' rights are known to …

Background Despite growing recognition of essential human rights, people with mental
health conditions and psychosocial, intellectual, or cognitive disabilities' rights are known to …

Many people living with a dementia are either not recognised as having pain or do not
receive effective treatment. Currently 50% of older adults living with dementia in nursing …