This pilot study investigates the quality and extent of on-the-job training provided to employees with intellectual disabilities in an Australian Disability Enterprise (ADE). The study aimed to assess staff knowledge and use of 15 evidence-based training strategies and to understand the perceptions of employees with intellectual disabilities. Findings revealed that while staff were familiar with...

Little progress has been made towards community participation of people with intellectual disability despite it being a policy aim since the 1980s. The authors of this paper identify the features of programmes designed to support community participation.

Background: Supported living is perceived as more flexible than group homes for people with intellectual disability. This study identified costs and factors associated with quality of life (QOL) in supported living and compared this with group homes. Method: Thirty-one residents in supported living participated in a survey incorporating measures of service user characteristics and QOL...

By investigating service user experiences of supported living this study aimed to identify how the potential of supported living might be better realised.

The social relationships model was developed to describe positive relationships between support staff and people with intellectual disability. This article evaluates an educational intervention based on this model.