Tools to Enhance Health Care for Adults with IDD
Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often face barriers to quality health care, including limited access to services, communication differences, and access barriers to preventive care. To improve health care encounters, the IDD Toolkit provides resources for multiple audiences: clinicians, patients, family members, and other supporters.
Developed through a partnership between the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and Surrey Place, and based on the Canadian Consensus Guidelines for the Primary Care of Adults with Developmental Disabilities, the toolkit was adapted for use in the United States with input from clinicians, self-advocates, and family members. Its goal is to provide easy access to best-practice resources that support better health outcomes and more equitable care for adults with IDD.
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These tools and forms help physicians and other clinicians provide quality clinical care for adults with IDD.
These tools and forms are for people with IDD to use or fill out (with support as needed from family members or others, such as direct support professionals), and to share with clinicians to make health care visits or hospital stays more successful.
“The IDD Toolkit has become a valuable resource in my practice. It helps me have more effective conversations, making appointments more productive and person-centered.”
Beth M., MD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center