Patiënten met een verstandelijke beperking: 10 tips

• Almost all physicians see patients with intellectual disabilities in their practices.
• There are still health disparities between people with intellectual disability and the general population.
• Consultations with this group of patients can be challenging, but there are ways to improve on them.
• Take your time when it comes to communicating with patients with intellectual disabilities, adapt language use and make use of visual aids.
• People with intellectual disabilities and complex care needs can be referred to intellectual disability physicians (AVG in Dutch) or syndrome-specific outpatient clinics.

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