Intellectual Disability and Health
An understanding of the nature of intellectual disability is essential for health care professionals, who are required to support equal access to their services for all disabled people. This website is an ideal learning resource for medical, nursing and other healthcare students. Everyone working in healthcare will find valuable information here, with contributions from a wide range of authors.
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News and events
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Changing values
An understanding of the nature of intellectual disability is essential for health care professionals, who are required to support equal access to their services...
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Assessment and Testing
The aim of this section is to describe prenatal screening procedures and tests designed to assess the functioning of children and adults...
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Conditions Associated with Intellectual Disability
Find conditions commonly associated with intellectual disabilities...
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Family
Most people with intellectual disabilities live at home with their families. Valuing parents' views and their knowledge of their children is crucial to the effe...
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Life stages
Life stages create changing demands and roles over time. The developmental transitions and related service responses, from infancy to childhood to adolescence, ...
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Physical health
This section contains articles about various physical conditions and illnesses, and their implications for people with intellectual disabilities....
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Mental health
This section contains a range of articles on different aspects of the mental health of people with intellectual disabilities....
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How to
This section provides practical advice about relevant clinical skills. Most advice is written, but pictures also feature, including some from the Books Beyond W...
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