Article – Learning to Listen to Non-spoken Voices. Including Young People With Intellectual Disabilities Who are Non-speaking as Primary Participants in Qualitative Research

Article – Learning to Listen to Non-spoken Voices. Including Young People With Intellectual Disabilities Who are Non-speaking as Primary Participants in Qualitative Research

by | Apr 26, 2025 | News & Resources

Abstract Despite the common expectation that social research should strive to include people with relevant expertise by experience, people with intellectual disabilities who are non-speaking are rarely included as participants. Social research seeking to understand...
Churchill Fellowship Report

Churchill Fellowship Report

by | Apr 25, 2025 | News & Resources

Dr Beverley Samways’ report focuses on the care of young people with intellectual disabilities in the UK, exploring how trauma impacts individuals, teams and the sector as a whole. It presents some of the current ways of addressing this in the US, and explores...
Conversation with Dr Noelle Blackman

Conversation with Dr Noelle Blackman

by | Mar 6, 2025 | News & Resources

Dr Bev Samways talks to Dr Noelle Blackman, who brings her decades of experiences to talk through how trauma impacts people with learning disabilities. We talk through the principles of trauma informed practice, and the challenges of actually sustaining it in complex...