Increases in the life expectancy of people with Intellectual Disability have followed similar
trends to those found in the general population. With the exception of people with severe …

People with ID represent approximately 2% of the population and, as a group, experience
poorer health than the general population. This article presents recent conceptualizations …

Background Recent attention to health of people with intellectual disabilities has used a
health disparities framework. Building on historical context, the paper summarizes what is …

Between 1 and 4% of the populations of developed nations are diagnosed with learning
disability. In Australia, an estimated 1.9% of the population exhibit learning disability either …

Background. To date, relatively few representative data have been available to health
planners and advocacy groups on the life expectancy of people with intellectual disability. A …

Large-scale reviews of research in deinstitutionalization and community living were last
conducted about 10 years ago. Here we surveyed research from 1997 to 2007. Articles were …

Background There is evidence that persons with an intellectual disability (ID) face barriers to
primary care; however, this has not been extensively studied at the population level. Rates …

Background Major increases in the survival of people with D own syndrome during the last
two generations have resulted in extended periods of adulthood requiring specialist care …

Ontario has recently closed its last 3 institutions for persons with developmental disabilities.
Very little research has been conducted on Canadian deinstitutionalization projects, and the …

Purpose: To identify health care needs and the availability and accessibility of health care
services for people with mental retardation (MR). Methods: Review of the literature on health …