OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of British Journal of Learning Disabilities is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Internet safety, online radicalisation and young people with learning disabilities	18
‘'Ethno…graphy?!? I can't even say it”: Co‐designing training for ethnographic research for people with learning disabilities and carers	14
Concerns regarding the use of the vulnerability concept in research on people with intellectual disability	13
‘Now that I am connected this isn't social isolation, this is engaging with people’: Staying connected during the COVID‐19 pandemic	13
“I would be lost without it but it's not the same” experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities of using information & communication technology during the COVID‐19 global pandemic	12
Lived experience and the social model of disability: conflicted and inter‐dependent ambitions for employment of people with a learning disability and their family carers	12
It's not all doom and gloom: What the pandemic has taught us about digitally inclusive practices that support people with learning disabilities to access and use technologies	12
The impact of COVID‐19 restrictions in the United Kingdom on the positive behavioural support of people with an intellectual disability	12
‘It will open your world up’: The role of mobile technology in promoting social inclusion among adults with intellectual disabilities	10
Co‐designing the Cabriotraining: A training for transdisciplinary teams	10
Transition to independent living: Signs of self‐determination in the discussions of Mexican students with intellectual disability	10
Effects of music, dance and drama therapies for people with an intellectual disability: A scoping review	10
Transition stories: Voices of school leavers with intellectual disabilities	9
Relationships matter! — Utilising ethics of care to understand transitions in the lives of adults with severe intellectual disabilities	9
Introducing positive behaviour support (PBS) into disability services for successful adoption: A synthesised systematic review	8
Experiencing motherhood and fatherhood with learning difficulties in Austria: The need for self‐determined support	8
Feasibility of a peer mentoring programme for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co‐occurring mental health conditions	8
“Mindfulness Matters”: A pilot study of a Mindfulness‐Based Stress Reduction group for adults with intellectual disabilities	7
Importance of sex education for a successful transition to life after school: Experiences of high school girls with intellectual disability	7
Talking with parents of children with learning disabilities: Parents’ ideas about the Circle of Security parenting programme	7
Long‐COVID in people with intellectual disabilities: A call for research of a neglected area	7
Staff mental health while providing care to people with intellectual disability during the COVID‐19 pandemic	7
‘Internet is easy if you know how to use it’: Doing online research with people with learning disabilities during the COVID‐19 pandemic	7
A systematic review of the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of health and social care professionals towards people with learning disabilities and mental health problems	7
Transitioning to adulthood from residential childcare during COVID‐19: Experiences of young people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder in South Africa	7

The role of music within the home‐lives of young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities: Parental perspectives	6
Internet activities and social and community participation among young people with learning disabilities	6
Involving people with intellectual disability in setting priorities for building community inclusion at a local government level	6
Digital participation of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities during the Covid‐19 pandemic in the UK	6
Amplifying children's voices within photovoice: Emerging inclusive education practices in Indonesia	6
Adapting photovoice to explore identity expression amongst people with intellectual disabilities who have limited or no verbal communication	6
Connecting locally: The role of adult siblings in supporting the social inclusion in neighbourhoods of adults with intellectual disability	5
“Everyone has a story to tell”: A review of life stories in learning disability research and practice	5
Online activities for individuals with intellectual disabilities at a day centre in the wake of COVID‐19	5
Lost voices part 1: A narrative case study of two young men with learning disabilities disclosing experiences of sexual, emotional and physical abuse	5
Voices from parents on the sexuality of their child with intellectual disabilities: A socioemotional perspective in a Chinese context	5
Fathers' experiences as carers for autistic children with learning disabilities	5
Dismantling barriers to digital inclusion: An online learning model for young people with intellectual disabilities	4
Voices of students with intellectual disabilities: Experiences of transition in “inclusive schools” in Indonesia	4
Transitions from school to sheltered employment in Norway – Experiences of people with intellectual disabilities	4
Sound and Vision: Reflections on running a community‐based group for men with learning disabilities online, during the pandemic	4
Digital technology design activities—A means for promoting the digital inclusion of young adults with intellectual disabilities	4
Barriers and enablers to optimal diabetes care for adults with learning disabilities: A systematic review	4
Researching belonging with people with learning disabilities: Self‐building active community lives in the context of personalisation	4
How do self‐advocates use community development to change attitudes to disability?	4
Characteristics of mobile phone use in adolescents identified with mild intellectual disability who attend special schools in Serbia and their non‐disabled peers in mainstream schools	4
Levels of self‐determination in the ageing population with intellectual disabilities	4
In the physical to digital transition with friends—A story of performing inclusive research together no matter what life throws at you	4
“We live in the moment”—Experiences of people with Intellectual Disabilities and Clinicians of Computer‐Assisted Mindfulness and Relaxation	4
Decommissioning normal: COVID‐19 as a disruptor of school norms for young people with learning disabilities	4
Confident championing: A grounded theory of parental adjustment following a child’s diagnosis of developmental disability	4
Towards An Ordinary Life: Insights from a British story of social transformation, 1980–2001	3
“Them two are around when I need their help” The importance of good relationships in supporting people with learning disabilities to be “in a good space”	3
Current and future living arrangements: The perspective of young adults with intellectual disabilities	3
Being part of history, being part of activism: Exploring the lives and experiences of Black people with learning disabilities	3
Transitions in lives of people with intellectual disability	3
“My name on the door by the Professor's name”: The process of recruiting a researcher with a learning disability at a UK university	3
‘Just knowing’ and the challenges of giving medicines to children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities: A hermeneutic inquiry	3
Health and well‐being of sibling carers of adults with an intellectual disability in Ireland: Four waves of data	3
Use of technology by older adults with an intellectual disability in Ireland to support health, well‐being and social inclusion during the COVID‐19 pandemic	3
The experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities attending a mindfulness‐based group intervention	3
An exploration of the Personal Relationship Advisory Group in a community learning disability service: A service development project	3
Health and healthcare of people with learning disabilities in the United Kingdom through the COVID‐19 pandemic	3
The history of the history of learning disability	2
Weapons and tactics: A story of parents with learning disabilities maintaining family integrity	2
Supported internships as a vehicle for social inclusion	2
Adults with intellectual disabilities as users of social media: A scoping review	2
“I don’t wanna be mad and sad”: Using individual systemic therapy to help manage anger and low mood in an adult with a learning disability	2
Contextual and individual barriers to providing practice leadership by frontline managers in community services for adults with intellectual disabilities: A qualitative study	2
‘Lots of Black people are on meds because they're seen as aggressive’: STOMP, COVID‐19 and anti‐racism in community learning disability services	2
Factors associated with the identification of mental health conditions among people with learning disabilities in primary care: A scoping review	2
Lost voices part 2: Modifying psychological therapies for two young men with complex learning disabilities following alleged sexual and physical abuse: A case study in trauma recovery	2
Conducting video therapy with adults with an intellectual disability: A qualitative study of qualified and trainee psychologists' experiences	2
Educated for welfare services—The hidden curriculum of upper secondary school for students with intellectual disabilities	2
Understanding the views of children with profound and multiple learning difficulties for person‐centred planning	2

50 Years of speaking up in England—Towards an important history	2
Digital inclusion in Spanish mainstream and special schools: Teachers' perceptions of Internet use by students with intellectual disabilities	2
‘It should be more outspoken and not hushed away, not like put in a dark box’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiences of menopause voiced by women with learning disabilities	2
Trauma‐specific treatment among individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities: A case series with progressive counting	2
Digital inclusion and people with learning disabilities	2
A brief history of special education policy on the inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in Saudi Arabia	2
Relationship between physical activity and health in individuals with intellectual disability	2
The prevalence of sleep disorders in adults with learning disabilities: A systematic review	2
Developing visual tangible artefacts as an inclusive method for exploring digital activities with young people with learning disabilities	2
In response to “‘Ethno…graphy?!? I can't even say it’: Co‐designing training for ethnographic research for people with learning disabilities and carers”	2
Shared decision making in inclusive research: Reflections from an inclusive research team	2
Don’t Mention the Diet! A health promotion initiative to support healthy diet and lifestyle decision‐making by people with intellectual disability	2
Lived experience research in learning disabilities: The understanding inequalities project from a service user's perspective	2
Experiences of mothers of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities in the Czech Republic	2
Persons with profound and multiple learning disabilities as subjects of knowledge: Exploring the possibilities of empathy	2
“It’s not the same without you:” Exploring the experience and perception of transition for people with intellectual disabilities and dementia	2
A qualitative study of the practice‐related decision‐making of Intensive Interaction Practitioners	2
Successful diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in later life of an adult with intellectual disability: A case report	2