Interventions aimed at increasing knowledge and improving attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities among lay people

Seewooruttun, Leila; Scior, Katrina

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2014.07.028

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“…Stigma exists when labelling, stereotyping, status loss and discrimination occur together in the context of a power imbalance (Link & Phelan, 2001). Research in the intellectual disability (ID) field has mostly focused on attitudes, yet regardless whether attitudes or stigma are under investigation, contact is viewed as one of the key routes to tackling negative attitudes or stigma (Seewooruttun & Scior, 2014). Research into the relationship between contact and stigma is limited though by a lack of a clear operational definition of contact (Alexander & Link, 2003) and frequent measurement of contact in simplistic terms as either present or absent (Couture & Penn, 2003).…”

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The association between contact and intellectual disability literacy, causal attributions and stigma

Blundell

Das

Potts

et al. 2015

J intellect Disabil Res

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The association between contact and intellectual disability literacy, causal attributions and stigma

Blundell

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Potts

et al. 2015

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“…Increasing contact with people with learning disability, both formally and informally, can foster understanding and lead to greater respect (Seewooruttun and Scior, 2014).…”

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Hospital care for people with learning disability

Harris

Sheehan

2017

Br J Hosp Med

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This review is an educational piece about people with learning disability. We identify this group, present their healthcare needs, and highlight some of the difficulties they experience in accessing appropriate care. Finally we offer practical advice on how to improve care for this vulnerable group. IntroductionPeople with learning disability experience health inequalities and die younger than those without learning disability. They often have problems accessing timely and high-quality care and frequently report negative experiences of hospital care. Improving care for people with learning disability is a national priority and can be achieved through a combination of systems improvements and change in individual practice. DefinitionsLearning disability is a lifelong condition defined by three core criteria:  Significant impairment of intellectual functioning (measured by psychometric testing); and  Significant impairment of adaptive/social functioning; and  Onset within the developmental period (i.e. before the age of 18 years)The term learning disability is synonymous with intellectual disability, the former used in the UK clinical services, the latter used internationally and often preferred in research. Learning disability is still known officially as 'mental retardation' in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (and coded within F70-F79), although this term has now fallen out of favour due to its negative connotations. It is important to distinguish learning disability from the broader, non-specific term of 'learning difficulties' which is often used in educational or social care settings to denote specific disorders of scholastic skill, such as dyslexia, that occur without global impairment in cognition. Up to 2% of the population has a learning disability, an estimated 1 million people in England alone .Learning disability exists on a gradient, from mild to profound, and is sub-categorised by intelligence quotient (IQ) score (table 1). Many people with mild learning disability are not formally diagnosed and not known to statutory services. Learning disability may be caused by a number of factors that affect cognitive development before or around the time of birth, or in childhood (table 2). In many cases the cause of the learning disability is not known. (Table 1 near here) ( Table 2 near here) Health needs of people with learning disabilityPeople with learning disability are at greater risk of a range of physical and mental health disorders than the general population and one in seven adults with learning disability rates their general health status as 'not good' (Emerson and Hatton, 2008). They experience higher rates of respiratory disease, gastrointestinal problems, endocrine disorders, epilepsy, and are more likely to be overweight or underweight compared with the non-learning disabled population (British Medical Association, 2014).People with learning disability are therefore very likely to be encountered by the hospital physician, regardless of speciality. Furthermore, ...

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“…Educational approaches challenge inaccurate stereotypes by providing factual information. These approaches are useful in increasing knowledge (Seewooruttun & Scior 2014) and decreasing stigma (Hampton & Xiao 2008), but their effect is frequently short-lived and of limited magnitude (Corrigan et al 2012). It has been argued that interpersonal contact is the more effective strategy.…”

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Can interpersonal contact help improve attitudes toward soldiers with intellectual disability? An Israeli study

Werner

2017

J intellect Disabil Res

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Interventions aimed at increasing knowledge and improving attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities among lay people

Cited by 56 publications

References 47 publications

The association between contact and intellectual disability literacy, causal attributions and stigma

The association between contact and intellectual disability literacy, causal attributions and stigma

Hospital care for people with learning disability

Can interpersonal contact help improve attitudes toward soldiers with intellectual disability? An Israeli study

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