All Outputs (2)

Staff understandings of abuse and poor practice in residential settings for adults with intellectual disabilities (2019)
Journal Article
Fyson, R., & Patterson, A. (2020). Staff understandings of abuse and poor practice in residential settings for adults with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(3), 354-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12677

Background

A common factor in the abuse of people with intellectual disabilities in residential settings has been the failure of care staff and frontline managers to recognise poor practice at an early stage and prevent its development into a cult... Read More about Staff understandings of abuse and poor practice in residential settings for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Theorising disability: a practical and representative ontology of learning disability (2019)
Journal Article
Cluely, V., Fyson, R., & Pilnick, A. (2019). Theorising disability: a practical and representative ontology of learning disability. Disability and Society, 35(2), 235-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2019.1632692

This article contributes to the ongoing development of the theorisation of learning disability, focusing on the value of the ontological turn. We argue that while social theory has influenced understandings of disability within academia, particularly... Read More about Theorising disability: a practical and representative ontology of learning disability.