Course: Improving Health Assessments for People with an Intellectual Disability

In this video, we looked at some guidelines for communicating effectively with people with an intellectual disability. Thinking about these best practice guidelines, we’d like you to look at the …

Thinking about developing rapport with a person with an intellectual disability, it can be useful to break up your contact with them into different stages. Before the appointment Meeting the …

Well done on completing Week 2. You should now know more about the difficulties people with intellectual disabilities can face while communicating. You have learned about building rapport, about using …

In the previous step, we learned about making reasonable adjustment to our communication style to support people with intellectual disability in clinical practice. Consider the following fictional scenario and answer …

As you have learned from this week’s videos, people with intellectual disability experience more health inequalities and inequities than their non-disabled peers. How can we, as healthcare professionals, help people …

This video was developed with and acted by people with an intellectual disability. It represents the results from the IDS-TILDA study, which told us that almost 20% of older adults …

In this video, we explored the health disparities and challenges that people with an intellectual disability face when attending healthcare appointments. We’d like you to think for a moment about …

One of the main concepts that underpins policies relating to intellectual disability is ‘reasonable adjustment’. Reasonable adjustment describes the measures that can be taken to reduce the disadvantage experienced by …

As we have seen in the previous steps, despite much progress, health differences exist between people with an intellectual disability and the general population. Thinking about these differences, we can …

As we have explored in the video, people with an intellectual disability have differences in their health conditions compared to the general population. McCallion, P. et al (2013) Thinking about …

In our last step, we have seen the changes that have taken place in how society treats people with intellectual disabilities. Health service staff, however, must gain an understanding about …

The face of intellectual disability services has changed through time. In this article, we are going to explore some of the key thinkers of intellectual disability in history, and how …

As we have seen in this video, people with intellectual disability are now living much longer due to improved health and social care. Greater community integration and a move away …

We’ve now reached the end of Week 1, and thanks for all your comments and input into the course. Week 2 is all about communication. You will: Learn about the …

Each week, we will be asking you to reflect on a case study, and share your thoughts in the comment section below. The case study will be related to what …