Publications

The following is a list of downloadable documents relating to learning disabilities, physiotherapy, research, legislation and legal frameworks. Documents are listed in order of date posted (most recent first) so please don’t forget to scroll through the different pages as some older documents may still be of significant interest to you. If you have any additional documents you think would be of interest to other members please send them to the Website Officer for consideration (details on contact us page).

The ACPPLD executive committee have included these documents on our site in good faith and in the belief they will be of interest and benefit to members. Their inclusion does not however indicate that the ACPPLD endorse all content of these documents.

  • Health Action Planning and Health facilitation for people with Learning Disabilities: Good Practice Guidance

    Health Action Planning and Health facilitation for people with Learning Disabilities: Good Practice Guidance

  • Cervical Spine Instability Guidelines

    The Down Syndrome medical interest group have recently reviewed their guidelines on Cervical Spine Instability.

  • WHO Better Health, Better Lives

    World Health Organisation - Better Health, Better Lives

  • Carers' Attitudes to Physiotherapy

    This article has been submitted by ACPPLD member Ruth Macha. It contains information on Residential Carers' knowledge and attitudes towards Physiotherapy interventions for adults with Learning Disabilities.

  • Evaluation of a Physiotherapy service for children with severe Learning Difficulties

    This article was submitted by ACPPLD member L. Mission. It contains an Evaluation of a Physiotherapy service for children with severe Learning Difficulties at a secondary special school using measure of process of care (MPOC-56) questionnaire.

  • Therapists Experience of Rebound Therapy

    This paper was submitted by Heba Massri as part of her Msc. Some of you may have participated in Heba's project via telephone questionnaire.