Learning disability

This page, so far, just contains some useful links on the subject.

See also

Mental Health Act 2007 amendments:

• Mental disorder no longer split into separate classifications 3/11/08
• Abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct is only a consideration for learning disability (not personality disorder) 3/11/08

External links

Mind booklet: "Understanding learning disabilities", published 2004

DH: "Valuing people now: a new three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities", published 19/1/09 - "Valuing people now sets out the Government's strategy for people with learning disabilities for the next three years following consultation. It also responds to the main recommendations in Healthcare for All, the independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities"

DH: "Further government response to the JCHR report: A life like any other? Human rights of adults with learning disabilities", published January 2009

Mencap

Further external links here:

• Mental Health Act 1983 Code Of Practice for England#Chapter 34. People with learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorders

INFORMATION

Glossary pages category:

• Glossary
• Key sources of information
• Other glossary pages
  • Adult Social Care
  • Advance decision
  • Application of MHA 1983 to Armed Forces
  • Barring order
  • Brief glossary
  • British National Formulary
  • Care Programme Approach
  • Compulsory treatment
  • Displacement proceedings
  • Enduring Power of Attorney
  • Extra-statutory recommendations
  • Guardianship
  • High secure hospital
  • Home Office Circulars
  • IPP
  • Judicial review
  • Judicial review pre-action protocol
  • Lasting Power of Attorney
  • Learning disability
  • Leave of absence
  • Mental disorder
  • Part 36
  • Prison law
  • Recall
  • Responsible authority
  • Sexual Harm Prevention Order
  • Transfer
• Professionals
  • Appropriate adult
  • Approved Mental Health Professional
  • Approved Social Worker
  • Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service
  • Independent Mental Health Advocate service
  • Responsible Clinician
  • Responsible Medical Officer
  • Second Opinion Appointed Doctor
• Types of detention
  • Admission for assessment
  • Admission for treatment
  • Hospital order
  • Restriction order
  • Restricted hospital order
  • Transfer direction
  • Interim hospital order
  • Restriction direction
  • Restricted transfer direction
  • Notional s37
  • Hospital direction
  • Limitation direction
  • Emergency admission for assessment
  • Admission order
  • Summary of the detaining sections
  • All types of detention
• Types of discharge
  • Absolute discharge
  • Community Treatment Order
  • Conditional discharge
  • Deferred conditional discharge
  • Deferred discharge
  • Deferred discharge of unrestricted patient
  • Discharge of transferred prisoners
  • Full discharge of unrestricted patient
  • Summary of types of discharge
  • Supervised discharge
• Types of patient
  • Unrestricted patient
  • Restricted patient
  • Technical lifer status

All information categories:

• Legal Aid
• Nearest relative
• Statistics
• The Law Society
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• Other jurisdictions
• Coronavirus
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• International law
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• Things to sign up for

What links here:

• Advance decision
• Application of MHA 1983 to Armed Forces
• Enduring Power of Attorney
• Home Office Circulars
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service
• January 2009 chronology
• January 2009 update
• Judicial review pre-action protocol
• Key sources of information
• Lasting Power of Attorney
• Leave of absence
• Mental disorder
• Part 36
• Prison law
• Recall
• Responsible authority
• Second Opinion Appointed Doctor
• Sexual Harm Prevention Order
• Transfer