title: Improving communication for people with learning disabilities.
abstract: Patients with learning disabilities have higher healthcare risks than the general population. Health professionals need to develop skills that enable them to communicate effectively with this patient group. Identifying barriers to communication is the first step to reducing or removing them. Suggested strategies to improve healthcare access for patients with learning disabilities include: developing individualised health action plans, simplifying communication styles and providing accessible facilities and tailored resources.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol. Matthew.Godsell@uwe.ac.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Godsell
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scarborough
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003142:Communication; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D012935:Social Justice; D009626:Terminology as Topic