This book provides a unique insight into the challenges faced by people with learning disabilities trying to access mainstream health and social services and by the professionals who are trying to provide them. The combination of professional perspectives and viewpoints of people with learning disabilities themselves creates an authoritative explanation of why this group of people face the barriers they do. The contributors critique these barriers and also offer potential solutions to overcoming them.

本书由该领域内专家编写，对努力融入健康生活和社会服务的学习障碍人群所面临的挑战进行了独特的剖析。书中将专家分析和学习障碍者自身视角相结合，对这类人群为何会有此障碍的问题作出了权威的解释。本书作者对这种心理障碍进行了批判，并提出了可能克服障碍的方法。

* Personal reflections written by people with learning disablities on their experiences of accessing health and social care services * Comprehensive coverage of policy in the four UK countries * Comprehensive analysis by subject experts of practice in a range of areas, from acute health care through mental health to leisure and housing provision * Accessible summaries at the end of each chapter including text for people with learning disablities