intellectual disability

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.

Tackling mental health issues in people with an intellectual disability

13 May 2014

A new resource is being launched to tackle mental health problems among people with an intellectual disability and to improve the system that is currently failing them.

Let aged stay in only home they've known

20 Nov 2013

The decision to close Stockton has not been made on humanitarian grounds, nor on the basis of civil rights remediation, writes Bruce Chenoweth.

New Chair of Intellectual Disability Mental Health

17 Nov 2008

A leading researcher has been appointed to a new Chair at UNSW to drive efforts at improving support for some of the most vulnerable people in society.