Carers

This walking tour is an introduction to the website for people who care for someone who has an intellectual disability. The articles have been selected to be relevant to as many carers as possible, and to focus mainly on practical issues. In the first a woman with an intellectual disability and her independent advocate describe their relationship and the benefits it brings to both of them. The next three articles look at ways of enabling the person with intellectual disabilities to obtain the best possible health care. The final two articles put health into a wider context, considering some of the complex social and emotional issues relating to children and older people with intellectual disabilities. Carers may also be interested in some of the articles on specific conditions and health issues to be found in the sections on syndromes, complex disability, and mental and physical health.

My Role As A Supporter

The best bits are when a person tells me: "I've just seen Jackie and she's so much stronger than the person I met eight years ago - is that because you're supporting her?"

Top Ten Tips For Effective Consultation

It is important to know who has intellectual disabilities in Primary Care. There are ways of identifying someone without embarrassing them. These tips may be helpful from the moment the person with intellectual disabilities contacts the GP. People with intellectual disabilities need to have sufficient time to allow them to speak for themselves.

Books Beyond Words: Telling the Whole Story in Pictures

Books Beyond Words are full-colour picture books that address some of the problems in understanding experienced by people with intellectual and communication difficulties.

Consent and People With Intellectual Disabilities: The Basics

Guide covering the law in England in 2006. Different rules apply in other countries. This website is hoping to feature articles on consent in other jurisdictions. The legal situation in England will change when the Capacity Act comes into force in 2007.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: An Overview

An overview of Fetal Alcohol spectrum disorders

People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Elderly Carers

Nowadays, people with intellectual disabilities live much longer than they did in the past, with the result that there is also an expanding population of elderly parents who are continuing to care for a son or daughter well into old age.

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