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Processing time We use the phrase Processing Time in UIAB to describe the time an individual needs to process sensory information, an action from us, speech and or changes within our session time spent together. Processing time can be quite similar from week to week,...

Leo Leo lives at home with his Mum and is 23 years old. He has profound learning disabilities, epilepsy and cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair when out and about as he can't walk independently. He uses facial expressions and body language to express himself. He...

Terry Terry has a complex physical disability as well as a profound learning disability and a visual impairment. He has very limited movement and appears to take very little notice of what's happening around him. We noticed that he put a lot of effort into raising his...

John It has been challenging to form a relationship with John. He accepted our presence and gave us fleeting eye contact, but we were finding it difficult to make a meaningful connection. There were glints of curiosity but, on most occasions, he seemed to find little...

Dennis We aim to have meaningful interactions with them on a weekly basis. An example of how this can occur can be seen from our work with 'Dennis. Dennis is partially sighted, cannot speak and has profound learning disabilities. He has been a resident of a care home...

Jon Jon is an adult with profound learning disabilities and autism. He spends a lot of his time pacing, banging against the wall or fluttering bits of string in front of his face. In 8 years of working with him his primary carer estimates that their longest...

Sybil When we arrived, we could hear Sybil vocalising loudly. The staff informed us that she was upset that her sister was unwell, and unable to visit on that day, and that she had also wanted to go out with some of the other residents. When she saw us, she said ‘No...

We visited Claire over a period of months. She was very anxious in all aspects of her life and would defend against her fears by drawing her knees up in her wheelchair, tucking her head in by her knees and shrieking a loud upset sounding vocalisation. As someone who...

Abbe is a lady in her fifties with profound and multiple learning difficulties and very little independent movement and little sight. She responds to being touched by hitting her head – hard. Abbe doesn’t use words but does make sounds and sometimes seems to relax...

By Anne Laney and Nicky Bracey Christopher is in his forties and lives in a residential home with two other residents. He has profound learning and physical disabilities and sensory impairments. He experiences his life either lying on his bed or in his personalised...

By Anne Laney & Nicky Bracey Ben lives at home with his mum, dad, sister and dog. He has profound and multiple learning disabilities and epilepsy and although he can move around on the floor by himself, he uses a personalised wheelchair for some time during the...