THE Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released three new Easy Read resources to help people with intellectual disability improve their understanding and knowledge of health care.

These resources have been designed to support the User Guide for the Health Care of People with Intellectual Disability which aims to provide equitable healthcare by improving access to safe and high-quality health care for people with intellectual disability.

People with intellectual disability experience significant barriers in accessing safe, quality care evident through a higher mortality rate, increased incidence of preventable illness and more frequent hospital admissions, the Commission observed.

New easy read fact sheets are:

* Good communication and positive behaviour support

* Transitions of care for people with intellectual disability

* Information about polypharmacy.

Find the fact sheets HERE.

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