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Armstrong, Alan; Collis, Anne and Walmsley, Jan (2022). The Messy Realities of Inclusive Research. In: Liamputtong, Pranee ed. Handbook of Social Inclusion. Springer, pp. 311–328.

Access All, Areas; Ledger, Susan and Walmsley, Jan (2019). Sharing Learning Disability History - Inclusive Methods and Activities. In Making Heritage Accessible - The Madhouse My House? History of Learning Disability Project Guide Access All Areas, London.

Atkinson, Dorothy; McCarthy, Michelle; Walmsley, Jan; Cooper, Mabel; Rolph, Sheena; Aspis, Simone; Barette, Pam; Coventry, Mary and Ferris, Gloria eds. (2000). Good Times, Bad Times: Women with Learning Difficulties Telling their Stories. Kidderminster: BILD Publications.

Atkinson, Dorothy; Jackson, Mark and Walmsley, Jan eds. (1997). Forgotten lives: Exploring the History of Learning Disability. Kidderminster: BILD Publications.

Bornat, Joanna and Walmsley, Jan (2008). Biography as empowerment or appropriation: Research and practice issues. The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 13(1) p. 6.

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Buchanan, Ian and Walmsley, Jan (2006). Self-advocacy in historical perspective. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34(3) pp. 133–138.

Bornat, Joanna and Walmsley, Jan (2004). Biography as empowering practice: lessons learned from research. In: Chamberlayne, Prue; Bornat, Joanna and Aptizsch, Ursula eds. Biographical methods and professional practice: an international perspective. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, pp. 221–236.

Brigham, Lindsay; Atkinson, Dorothy; Jackson, Mark; Rolph, Sheena and Walmsley, Jan eds. (2000). Crossing Boundaries: Change and Continuity in the History of Learning Disability. Kidderminster: BILD Publications.

Chalachanová, Anna; Nind, Melanie; Power, Andy; Tilley, Elizabeth; Walmsley, Jan; Westergård, Britt-Evy; Ostby, May; Heia, Torill; Magne Gerhardsen, Alf; Magnus Oterhals, Ole and King, Matthew (2020). Building Relationships in Inclusive Research in Diverse Contexts. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 22(1) pp. 147–157.

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Earle, Sarah; Ledger, Sue; Tilley, Elizabeth; Walmsley, Jan; Chapman, Rohhss and Townson, Lou (2020). A critical reflection on accessing women with learning disabilities to participate in research about sensitive subjects through organisational partnerships. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 48(2) pp. 162–169.

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Earle, Sarah; Chapman, Rohhss; Ledger, Sue; Townson, Lou and Walmsley, Jan (2015). Contraceptive choices for women with learning disabilities. The Open University, Milton Keynes.

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Earle, Sarah; Tilley, Elizabeth and Walmsley, Jan (2012). Who makes crucial decisions on reproduction and contraception? Learning Disability Practice, 15(8) pp. 34–35.

Grove, Nicola; Richards, Simon; Rice, Simon; Magwood, Claudia; Collis, Bryan; Martick, Steffen; Schuppener, Saskia; Kremsner, Gertraud; Tilley, Elizabeth and Walmsley, Jan (2024). Big ideas that changed the world of disability: Exploring theory with self‐advocates. British Journal of Learning Disabilities (Early access).

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Grove, Nicola; Richards, Simon; Rice, Ssimon; Magwood, Claudia; Collis, Bryan; Martick, Steffan; Schuppener, Saskia; Kremsner, Gertraud; Tilley, Elizabeth and Walmsley, Jan (2024). Big ideas that changed the world of disability: Exploring theory with self-advocates. British Journal of Learning Disabilities (Early access).

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Garratt, Danielle; Johnson, Kelley; Millear, Amanda; Picken, Shaun; Slattery, Janice and Walmsley, Jan (2022). Celebrating Thirty Years of Inclusive Research. Social Sciences, 11(9) e385.

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Ingham, Nigel; Walmsley, Jan and Tilley, Elizabeth (2024). "You just want to do what's right": Staff collusion in institutional abuse of people with learning disabilities. In: Punzi, Elisabeth and Steele, Linda eds. Sites of Conscience: Place, Memory, and the Project of Deinstitutionalization. Disability, Culture and Politics. Vancouver: UBC Press, pp. 231–250.

Ledger, Sue; Mccormack, Noelle; Walmsley, Jan; Tilley, Elizabeth and Davies, Ian (2022). “Everyone has a story to tell”: A review of life stories in learning disability research and practice. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 50(4) pp. 484–493.

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Ledger, Susan and Walmsley, Jan (2019). 'Madhouse': Performance artists with learning disabilities sharing the history of institutions. In: Soldatic, Karen and Johnson, Kelley eds. Global Perspective on Activism and Advocacy. London: Routledge, pp. 35–51.

Ledger, Susan; Earle, Sarah; Tilley, Elizabeth and Walmsley, Jan (2016). Contraceptive decision-making and women with learning disabilities. Sexualities, 19(5-6) pp. 698–724.

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Ledger, Susan; Shufflebotham, Lindy and Walmsley, Jan (2016). Disability. In: Denny, E; Earle, Sarah and Hewison, A eds. Sociology for Nurses (3rd Edition). Cambridge: Polity Press, pp. 203–226.

Rolph, Sheena; Atkinson, Dorothy and Walmsley, Jan (2003). 'A pair of stout shoes and an umbrella': The role of the Mental Welfare Officer in delivering community care in East Anglia, 1946-1970. British Journal of Social Work, 33(3) pp. 339–359.

Rolph, Sheena; Walmsley, Jan and Atkinson, Dorothy (2002). 'A man's job?' Gender issues and the role of mental welfare officers, 1948-1970. Oral History, 30(1-2) pp. 28–41.

Reynolds, Jill and Walmsley, Jan (1998). Care, support or something else? In: Brechin, Ann; Walmsley, Jan; Katz, Jeanne and Peace, Sheila eds. Care Matters: Concepts, Practice and Research in Health and Social Care. London: Sage, pp. 66–80.

Tilley, Elizabeth; Christian, Paul; Ledger, Susan and Walmsley, Jan (2021). Madhouse: Reclaiming the History of Learning Difficulties through Acting and Activism. Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, 15(3) pp. 347–363.

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Tilley, Elizabeth; Strnadová, Iva; Ledger, Sue; Walmsley, Jan; Loblinzk, Julie; Christian, Paul Anthoney and Arnold, Zara Jane (2021). ‘Working together is like a partnership of entangled knowledge’: exploring the sensitivities of doing participatory data analysis with people with learning disabilities. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 24(5) pp. 567–579.

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Tilley, Elizabeth; Strnadová, Iva; Danker, Joanne; Walmsley, Jan and Loblinzk, Julie (2020). The impact of self‐advocacy organizations on the subjective well‐being of people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(6) pp. 1151–1165.

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Tilley, Elizabeth; Earle, Sarah and Walmsley, Jan (2012). International perspectives on the sterilization of women with intellectual disabilities. In: Earle, Sarah; Komaromy, Carol and Layne, Linda L. eds. Understanding Reproductive Loss: Perspectives on life, death and fertility. Farnham: Ashgate, pp. 23–36.

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Tilley, Elizabeth; Earle, Sarah; Walmsley, Jan and Atkinson, Dorothy (2012). ‘The Silence is roaring’: sterilization, reproductive rights and women with intellectual disabilities. Disability and Society, 27(3) pp. 413–426.

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Walmsley, Jan (2021). [Book Review] Those they called idiots: the idea of the disabled mind from 1700 to the present day by Simon Jarrett. Disability & Society, 36(4) pp. 678–679.

Walmsley, Jan; Tilley, Liz; Dumbleton, Sue and Bardsley, Janet (2017). The changing face of parent advocacy: a long view. Disability & Society, 32(9) pp. 1366–1386.

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Walmsley, Jan; Earle, Sarah; Tilley, Elizabeth; Ledger, Susan; Chapman, Rohss and Townson, Lou (2016). The experiences of women with learning disabilities on contraception choice. Primary Health Care, 26(9) pp. 28–32.

Walmsley, Jan; Earle, Sarah; Tilley, Elizabeth; Chapman, Rohhss; Ledger, Susan and Townson, Lou (2016). Contraceptive choices for women with learning disabilities. Learning Disability Practice, 19(2) pp. 32–34.

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Walmsley, Jan and Rolph, Sheena (2001). The development of community care for people with learning difficulties 1913 to 1946. Critical Social Policy, 21(1) pp. 59–80.

Walmsley, Jan (1995). Gender, caring and learning disability. PhD thesis The Open University.

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