intellectual disability

$1.6m funding to improve genomic health care for people with intellectual disability

25 Oct 2022

The research led by UNSW Sydney aims to make genetic tests and genetic counselling for people with intellectual disability more accessible and equitable.

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Hospitals rarely adjust their care for a person living with an intellectual disability

04 May 2022

If hospitals know a person has an intellectual disability, they can tailor communication and care to improve their treatment and health outcomes.

People with intellectual disability at 'unacceptably high risk' of preventable hospitalisation

14 Jun 2021

A new study shows the impact of systemic neglect in health care on people with intellectual disability.

New digital tool supports mental health assessment of people with intellectual disability

14 Aug 2020

An innovative e-health tool for people with intellectual disability aims to improve their mental health care.

Renewed call to address health gap for people with intellectual disability

20 Feb 2020

Professor Julian Trollor, who exposed the gaps in healthcare for people with intellectual disability, is giving evidence to a Royal Commission.

Why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy: study

02 Dec 2019

Researchers have shown why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy and suggest better public health could improve outcomes.

Disability deaths could have been avoided

10 Mar 2017

Australians with a disability are dying from avoidable deaths at twice the rate of the general population, and many deaths are attributed to the wrong cause.

People with intellectual disability are twice as likely to die a preventable death

08 Feb 2017

The deaths of more than 700 Australian adults with an intellectual disability could have been avoided with more appropriate health care and monitoring, a UNSW study has revealed.

UNSW launches new guide to improve mental health treatment for people with an intellectual disability

30 Mar 2016

Mental health treatment for the 135,000 people in New South Wales living with an intellectual disability is set to improve, thanks to a world-first manual to guide mental health professionals.

Why Aboriginal people with disabilities crowd Australian prisons

02 Nov 2015

Australia imprisons thousands of Aboriginal people with mental and cognitive disabilities each year – and a widespread lack of understanding and action underpins this shameful breach of human rights, write Eileen Baldry, Elizabeth McEntyre and Ruth McCausland.

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