Despite evidence that inactivity is a major factor causing ill health in people with intellectual
disabilities (pwID) there are gaps in our knowledge of their physical activity (PA). To date …

Background Death of people with intellectual disabilities is considered to be earlier than for
the general population. Methods Databases were searched for key words on intellectual …

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 …

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 …

Abstract Background The World Health Organisation has launched a programme to promote
Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology. Its aim is to increase access to high‐quality …

Objectives (1) To evaluate the prevalence of polypharmacy (5–9 medicines) and excessive
polypharmacy (10+ medicines) and (2) to determine associated demographic and clinical …

Purpose Epilepsy is more common in people with intellectual disabilities than in the general
population. However, reported prevalence rates vary widely between studies. This …

Multimorbidity may be related to the supposed early aging of people with intellectual
disabilities (ID). This group may suffer more often from multimorbidity, because of ID-related …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
have many well-known health concerns, yet health conditions in adults with ASD remain …

Hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and the metabolic syndrome are important
risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In older people with intellectual disability (ID) …