'I Know it was Every Week, but I Can't be Sure if it was Every Day: Domestic Violence and Women with Learning Disabilities.

The interviews included only 15 women, all volunteers, so the themes cannot be assumed to apply to all women with learning disabilities. No formal learning disability assessment was done, and participants were recruited through professional contacts, so women not connected to services may be missing. Women still in violent relationships were excluded, so the accounts are historical and rely on memory. Participants could talk in long interviews, so women with more severe learning disabilities or communication needs may not be represented. The sample lacked Black Afro-Caribbean women, and no women in same-sex relationships were referred. The survey of 717 professionals is reported elsewhere, so this article's evidence is mainly qualitative and small.

The research was commissioned and funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Do not read the later improvements as proof that leaving is safe or that services worked. Abuse often continued after separation, and this paper describes experiences rather than testing an intervention.