Monthly Archives: December 2016

Tizard 2016 Round up

The Tizard Centre rounded up the year with their Centre Meeting today with plenty to discuss going forward but with also much to celebrate regarding staff achievements over the past year.  The following represents some of the high points of … Continue reading

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OFFSCA-ID Research – Kent & Medway Partnership Trust

Prof Glynis Murphy presented the early results of the OFFSCA-ID research to Kent & Medway Partnership Trusts (November 2016). The project involved following up men with learning disabilities who had been in prison. The research found the men were very unsupported when they … Continue reading

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“My Feral Heart” – Film

A quick reminder to you all that ‘My feral heart” is showing this Saturday (10 Dec) at 15:00 hrs in the Gulbenkian cinema. A sudden bereavement throws Luke, a fiercely independent young man with Down’s syndrome, into a daunting new … Continue reading

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Attitudes towards Tourette’s syndrome

Melina Malli (PhD student) and Prof Rachel Forrester-Jones have recently published an article looking at the attitudes of adolescents towards their peers with Tourette’s syndrome (Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities). The article is available on the Tourettes action blog … Continue reading

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