Social Work with Marginalised People Who have a Mild or Borderline Intellectual Disability: Practicing Gentleness and Encouraging Hope

References

• Allerton , L. , Welch , V. and Emerson , E. 2011 . Health inequalities experienced by children and young people with intellectual disabilities: A review of literature from the United Kingdom . Journal of Intellectual Disabilities , 15 : 269 – 278 . doi: 10.1177/1744629511430772
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities [AAIDD] . 2010 . Intellectual disability: Definition, classification and systems of supports . Washington : American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities .
   Google Scholar
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 2008 . Disability in Australia: Intellectual disability . Canberra : AIHW .
   Google Scholar
• Benn , C. 1976 . “ A new developmental model for social work ” . In Social work in Australia: Responses to a changing context , Edited by: Boas , J. and Crawley , J. 71 – 81 . Melbourne , Vic : Australian International Press .
   Google Scholar
• Cooper , S. A. and van der Speck , R. 2009 . Epidemiology of mental ill health in adults with intellectual disabilities . Current Opinion in Psychiatry , 22 : 431 – 436 . doi: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32832e2a1e
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Edgerton , R. B. 2001 . “ The hidden majority of individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities ” . In The forgotten generation: The status and challenges of adults with mild cognitive limitations , Edited by: Tymchuk , A. J. , Lakin , K. C. and Luckasson , R. 3 – 20 . Baltimore : Brookes .
   Google Scholar
• Ellem , K. , Wilson , J. , & Chui , W.H. 2011 . Effective responses to offenders with intellectual disabilities: Generalist and specialist services working together , Australian Social Work , doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2011.625433
   Google Scholar
• Emerson , E. 2011 . Health status and health risks of the “hidden majority” of adults with intellectual disability . Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , 49 : 155 – 165 . doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-49.3.155
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Feldman , M. , McConnell , D. and Aunos , M. 2012 . Parental cognitive impairment, mental health, and child outcomes in a child protection population . Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities , 5 : 66 – 90 . doi: 10.1080/19315864.2011.587632
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gillan , D. and Coughlan , B. 2010 . Transition from special education into post-school services for young adults with intellectual disability: Irish parents’ experience . Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities , 7 : 196 – 203 . doi: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2010.00265.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hartley , S. L. and MacLean , W. E. Jr. 2009 . Stressful social interactions experienced by adults with mild intellectual disability . American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , 114 : 71 – 84 . doi: 10.1352/2009.114.71-84
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• L'Arche Australia . 2009 . Charter of L'Arche . Retrieved 24 July, 2012, from http://larche.org.au/about-us/index.cfm?loadref=24
   Google Scholar
• Luecking , R. 2011 . Connecting employers with people who have intellectual disability . Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , 49 : 261 – 273 . doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-49.4.261
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Murphy , M. , Harrold , M. , Carey , S. and Mulrooney , M. 2000 . A survey of the level of learning disability among the prison population in Ireland , Ireland : Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform .
   Google Scholar
• Nettlebeck , T. and Wilson , C. 2002 . Personal vulnerability to victimization of people with mental retardation . Trauma, Violence and Abuse , 3 : 289 – 306 . doi: 10.1177/1524838002237331
   Google Scholar
• Oakes , P. M. and Davies , R. C. 2008 . Intellectual disability in homeless adults . Journal of Intellectual Disabilities , 12 : 325 – 334 . doi: 10.1177/1744629508100496
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Okamoto , S. 2001 . Interagency collaboration with high-risk gang youth . Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal , 18 : 5 – 19 . doi: 10.1023/A:1026617118197
   Google Scholar
• Oliver , M. and Sapey , B. 2006 . Social work with Disabled People , 3rd ed. , New York : Palgrave Macmillan .
   Google Scholar
• QSR International . 2011 . NVivo 9 . (Version 9.2.81.0) . Melbourne , , Australia .
   Google Scholar
• Slayter , E. 2010 . Medicaid-covered alcohol and drug treatment use among people with intellectual disabilities: Evidence of disparities . Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , 48 : 361 – 374 . doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-48.5.361
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Snell , M. E. and Luckasson , R. 2009 . Characteristics and needs of people with intellectual disability who have higher IQs . Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , 47 : 220 – 233 . doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-47.3.220
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strock-Lynskey , D. and Keller , D. 2007 . Integrating a family-centered approach into social work practice with families of children and adolescents with disabilities . Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation , 6 : 111 – 134 . doi: 10.1300/J198v06n01_07
   Google Scholar
• Van der Molen , M. J. , Van Luit , J. E. H. , Van der Molen , M. W. and Jongmans , M. J. 2010 . Everyday memory and working memory in adolescents with mild intellectual disability . American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , 115 : 207 – 217 . doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-115.3.207
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wehmeyer , M. L. , Buntinx , W. H. E. , Lachapelle , Y. , Luckasson , R. A. , Schalock , R. L. Verdugo , M. A. 2008 . The intellectual disability construct and its relation to human functioning . Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities , 46 : 311 – 318 . doi: 10.1352/1934-9556(2008)46[311:TIDCAI]2.0.CO;2
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilkinson-Maposa , S. 2008 . “ Jansenville development forum: Linking community and government in the rural landscape of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa ” . In From clients to citizens: Communities changing the course of their own development , Edited by: Mathie , A. and Cunningham , G. 237 – 258 . Warwickshire , , UK : Intermediate Technology Publications .
   Google Scholar
• Weiss , J. and Lunsky , Y. 2010 . Service utilization patterns in parents of youth and adults with intellectual disability who experienced behavioral crisis . Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities , 3 : 145 – 163 . doi: 10.1080/19315864.2010.490617
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wolfensberger , W. 1992 . A brief introduction to social role valorisation as a high order concept for structuring human services , Syracuse , NY : Training Institute for Human Service Planning, Leadership and Change Agentry (Syracuse University) .
   Google Scholar
• World Health Organization . 2007 . The ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders: Clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines . Geneva , , Switzerland : World Health Organization .
   Google Scholar
• Dowse , L. , Baldry , E. and Snoyman , P. 2009 . Disabling criminology: Conceptualising the intersections of critical disability studies and critical criminology for people with mental health and cognitive disabilities in the criminal justice system . Australian Journal of Human Rights , 15 : 29 – 46 .
   Google Scholar
• Uzieblo , K. , Winter , J. , Vanderfaeillie , J. , Rossi , G. and Magez , W. 2012 . Intelligent Diagnosing of Intellectual Disabilities in Offenders: Food for Thought . Behavioral Sciences & the Law , 30 : 28 – 48 . doi: 10.1002/bsl.1990
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar