Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

About the Editors:

Chris Hatton is Professor of Psychology, Health & Social Care at the Division of Health Research, Lancaster University and is Co-Director of the Centre for Disability Research (CeDR). He previously worked at the Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester from 1989 to 2000. From 1997 to 2004 he was also Research Director of the Lancaster University Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology.

Glynis Murphy is Co-Director and Professor of Clinical Psychology and Learning Disability at the Tizard Centre, University of Kent and at Oxleas NHS Trust. Previous to that she was Academic Director of the Clinical Psychology Training course at the Institute for Health Research at Lancaster University.

She is a fellow of the British Psychological Society, and President-Elect of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability (IASSID).

Key Article - Just Published!

Autism Research and Services for Young Children: History, Progress and Challenges
Travis Thompson

Autism spectrum conditions are now known to occur relatively frequently (the currently accepted figure is 1 in 100 children) and research in autism is growing apace. Some aspects of autism are no longer controversial: for example, there is very broad agreement on how best to diagnose the condition. However there is still controversy on the best methods of psychological intervention, with the proponents of the two major approaches at times engaged in bitter battles.

Professor Thompson’s scholarly article reviews what is known about autism. He tracks the origins of the two approaches to early intervention and argues cogently that the time for battling is long past.

Latest Special Issue: Mental Health and Challenging Behaviour
Guest editor: Nigel Beail
Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2013
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Forthcoming Special Issue: New directions in inclusive research
Guest editors: Iva Strnadova and Therese Cumming

Do You Know What I Feel? A First Step Towards a Physiological Measure of the Subjective Well-Being of Persons With Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
Pieter Vos, Paul De Cock, Katja Petry, Wim Van Den Noortgate, Bea Maes

Eliciting Proto-Imperatives and Proto-Declaratives in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Joke Vandereet, Bea Maes, Dirk Lembrechts, Inge Zink

Majority and Minority Ethnic Family Carers of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: Perceptions of Challenging Behaviour and Family Impact
Chris Hatton, Eric Emerson, Suzanne Kirby, Homayra Kotwal, Susannah Baines, Christine Hutchinson, Catherine Dobson, Bob Marks

Positive Experiences of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Autism
Adam D. Kayfitz, Marcia N. Gragg, R. Robert Orr

Community Integration or Community Exposure? A Review and Discussion in Relation to People with an Intellectual Disability
Robert A. Cummins, Anna L. D. Lau

Attitudes towards Sexuality, Sterilization and Parenting Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
M. Aunos, M. A. Feldman