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Understand the barriers and enablers

The University of Queensland
XSeries Program inIntellectual Disability Healthcare
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What you will learn

  • What are their healthcare needs and how can good health be promoted?
  • What mental health issues do they have and how can these be recognised and managed?
  • What influence do other factors such as ageing and epilepsy have on their health?
  • What are some of the ethical and legal issues that are of particular relevance to them?
  • What is the experience of people with intellectual disability around the world, what barriers do they face, and how do they overcome these?
  • What health conditions do they commonly experience and how can these be assessed and managed?

  • Expert instruction
    3 high-quality courses
  • Self-paced
    Progress at your own speed
  • 4 months
    1 - 2 hours per week
  • $387.00 USD
    For the full program experience

Courses in this program

UQx's Intellectual Disability Healthcare XSeries Program

Meet your instructors
from The University of Queensland (UQx)

Nicholas Lennox
Nicholas Lennox

Former Director of the Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability

The University of Queensland

Miriam Taylor
Miriam Taylor

Former Education Coordinator at the Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability

The University of Queensland

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