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A decade on, what have we learnt about supporting women with intellectual disabilities through the menopause? (2008)
Journal Article
Willis, D. (2008). A decade on, what have we learnt about supporting women with intellectual disabilities through the menopause?. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 12, 9-23

Carr and Hollins highlighted the paucity of research on the menopause in women with intellectual disabilities and, 10 years on, this area still remains poorly researched. Work exploring the age of onset of the menopause has suggested that the menopa... Read More about A decade on, what have we learnt about supporting women with intellectual disabilities through the menopause?.

Breast cancer screening in women with learning disabilities: current knowledge and considerations (2008)
Journal Article
Willis, D., Kennedy, C., & Kilbride, L. (2008). Breast cancer screening in women with learning disabilities: current knowledge and considerations. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 36, 171-184. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3156.2008.00520.x

This paper looks at what has been written about breast screening in women with learning disabilities. Breast screening checks for lumps in your breast that might be cancer. Breast screening is done in a special clinic and machines are used to take a... Read More about Breast cancer screening in women with learning disabilities: current knowledge and considerations.

Breast cancer surveillance in women with intellectual disabilities (2008)
Journal Article
Willis, D., Kennedy, C., Kilbride, L., Satge, D., & Sullivan, S. G. (2008). Breast cancer surveillance in women with intellectual disabilities. International journal on disability and human development, 7, 405-412. https://doi.org/10.1515/IJDHD.2008.7.4.405

Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant neoplasm observed among women. For the subgroup of women with learning/intellectual disability, it is unclear whether their risk for breast cancer is as high as it is for the general population. Object... Read More about Breast cancer surveillance in women with intellectual disabilities.