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'We Became Their Beginning, Their Middle and Their End'
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Michelle Murphy; Anne-Marie Martin – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Communicating with people with severe/profound intellectual disabilities is essential for person-centred, rights-based support. Despite a proliferation of research around COVID-19, there is a dearth of evidence exploring its impact on communication with people with severe/profound intellectual disabilities. This study aimed to explore…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Severe Intellectual Disability, Communication (Thought Transfer), Pandemics
The Importance of Supportive Relationships with General Practitioners, Hospitals and Pharmacists for Mothers Who 'Give Medicines' to Children with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities
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Doyle, Carmel – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
A purposeful sample of 15 mothers of children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities participated in this hermeneutic phenomenological study through interviews and completion of a diary. The aim of the study was to explore mothers' lived experience of 'giving medicines' to children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities.…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Mothers, Drug Therapy, Children
A Preliminary Investigation of the Suitability of Aquatics for People with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities
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Aherne, Cian; Coughlan, Barry – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Aquatics is an under-researched but possibly appropriate form of activity for people with severe to profound intellectual disabilities (SPIDs). Aim: The current pilot study investigates the suitability of an aquatics programme for service users with SPIDs. Method: Four service users with SPID completed an 8-12-session aquatics…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Aquatic Sports, Physical Activities, Caregivers
You and Me: The Structural Basis for the Interaction of People with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disability and Others
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Griffiths, Colin; Smith, Martine – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Interaction between two people may be construed as a continuous process of perception and action within the dyad. A theoretical framework is proposed in this article that explains the concepts and processes which comprise the interaction process. The article explores the transactional nature of interaction, through analysis of narrative data from…
Descriptors: Interaction, Severe Intellectual Disability, Interpersonal Relationship, Grounded Theory