Healio

People with intellectual disability have excess premature mortality

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. The researchers sought to evaluate premature mortality ...
Medscape

Intellectual Disability: The Carers Need Care Too

“As we walk into town passing families, children of all ages stop and stare open-mouthed. My daughter doesn't see it, but I do. I can see they are trying to work out: why is that person walking with ...
The Conversation

Hospitals only note a person’s intellectual disability 20% of the time – so they don’t adjust their care

Adrian Raymond Walker currently works in the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry at The University of New South Wales, Sydney. The department receives core funding from the NSW ...
Texas Health and Human Services

HHSC Observes Profound Autism Awareness Day

AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is observing Profound Autism Awareness Day on March 17 by providing information on supportive programs and services available to Texas families.
Disability Scoop

‘Profound Autism’ Accounts For More Than 1 In 4 Cases, CDC Finds

With a new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tacitly embracing a recently coined autism classification and providing a first-of-its-kind breakdown on the number of kids on the ...
Disability Scoop

Push To Add ‘Profound Autism’ Label Gains Steam

Support for recognizing profound autism as a separate psychiatric diagnosis has gained momentum recently with several high-profile endorsements. Since a 2013 change to the American Psychiatric ...
DrBicuspid

Event models successful care of adults with intellectual disabilities

The Eastman Institute for Oral Health (EIOH), the Golisano Foundation, and the Special Olympics have partnered to improve access and oral healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities. The ...
Drexel University

Number of At-Risk Youth with Intellectual Disability and Autism in the U.S. Foster Care System is Growing

Youth with foster care involvement have an increased risk for mental health diagnoses, trauma and worse outcomes in adulthood than their peers. Research about how youth with disabilities, including ...
STAT

U.S. medical schools aren’t teaching future doctors about 7.4 million of their patients

Oliver McGowan was 18 years old when he was hospitalized in England with recurrent seizures and pneumonia. He was autistic, and he and his parents had one specific request for the medical team: no ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Patients With Intellectual Disabilities Face Distinct Challenges in COPD, Asthma Care

Patients with intellectual disabilities experience inconsistent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) consultations and higher rates of antibiotic prescriptions for asthma, highlighting the ...
Medical Xpress

New form of addiction care for people with mild intellectual disability is effective, says researcher

Problematic substance use occurs relatively frequently in people with a mild intellectual disability. But the mainstream addiction care is not always effective for this group. During her Ph.D., ...