intellectual disability
The below CPsychI press statement was published on 4 November 2022. Read in full below or via PDF here. College warns of ‘profound issues‘ with services for adults with intellectual disability around the country. The Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Learning Disability of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland has said there are […]
New research lead by consultant forensic psychiatrist Professor Gautam Gulati, which “identified a need to provide information to people with intellectual disabilities in an appropriate format”, has lead to an innovation in the form of an ERNR, or easy-to-read Note of Rights. Read the article in full on the Irish Times website here, or read […]
Dr Mary Kelly, Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability and Dr Maria Dunne, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, this week wrote to The Irish Times to highlight the continuing closure of respite and day services for people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unable to access these vital programmes, and without their normal routines and social […]