More help needed for those with intellectual disability

The AIHW has recently released a report called Disability in Australia: intellectual disability. It presents an overview of the prevalence of intellectual disability and its related impairments, health conditions and activity limitations across the age spectrum.

In 2003 436,000 people were living in Australia with an intellectual disability, and most of them were living at home. 60% of these people needed help with things like learning, making decisions, and managing emotions; 33% needed help with mobility, 27% with communication and 24% with self-care. 38% reported that these needs were only partially met or not met at all.