Publications

The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities produces a range of publications, including reports, briefings and information booklets. Most of these can be downloaded free of charge from this site

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Publication Title	Description	Date
Economic consequences of autism Exec Briefing	Executive Briefing to accompany the report, 'The Economic consequences of autism in the UK'.	Nov 2007
Economic consequences of autism in the UK	There are approximately 540,000 people with autism in the UK - 433,000 adults and 107,000 children. The findings in this report reveal that children with autism cost £2.7 billion a year, yet for...	Nov 2007
Education and employment for people with learning difficulties	An easy-read briefing about education and employment opportunities for people with learning disabilities. The content of the briefing comes from a report from the Open Society Institute, called...	Oct 2005
Employment and people with learning disabilities policy briefing	This policy briefing explores issues related to employment oppportunities for people with learning disabilities. It considers the barriers that currently exist and what the Government should do to...	Oct 2005
Employment for People with Learning Disabilities who have High Support Needs	Few people with learning disabilities and high support needs have benefited from the development of supported employment over the last two decades. One project that...	2000
Empowerment & Protection	As people with a learning disability may be vulnerable within their communities, service providers need to assess and manage the risk that they may face. This is the report of a research project...	Oct 1999
Empowerment and Protection update	This paper provides a summary of a piece of research that looks at the development of policies and practices in risk assessment and management in community services...	Nov 1999
Everyday Lives, Everyday Choices	The key themes of this report are: communication as the essential starting point in addressing choice; the role of citizen advocacy and choice in...	Jul 2000
Faith in Practice	We commissioned a team of three people with learning disabilities, Mabel Cooper, Gloria Ferris and Jason Samuels, supported by Alison Tucker, to make a short film. They ask people with learning...	May 2006
Family Futures Issue 1	Welcome to Family Futures - the newsletter to keep you up to date with the work of the Older Family Carers Initiative, good practice and opportunities for working with older family carers throughout...	Nov 2002