Intellectual Disability
Over 400,000 people in Australia have intellectual disability.
Including their families, two million Australians are impacted.
Compared with the general population, people with intellectual disability experience:
- Over twice the rate of avoidable deaths.
- Twice the rate of emergency department and hospital admissions
- Hospital admissions costing twice as much.
- Higher rates of physical and mental health conditions.
- Lower rates of preventative healthcare.
Resources
Below is a list of resources to assist health providers to support, and improve the experience of health care for People with Intellectual Disability
- UNSW Intellectual Disability Behaviour Support Program
- Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN)
- Building capability in NSW health services for people with Intellectual Disability: The Essentials
- Say Less, Show More
- Council for Intellectual Disability Health Resources
- Admission 2 Discharge Together (A2D)
- Just checking
- Agency Clinical Innovation