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Understand the barriers and enablers

XSeries Program in
Intellectual Disability Healthcare
UQx

What you will learn

  • What is the experience of people with intellectual disability around the world, what barriers do they face, and how do they overcome these?
  • What are their healthcare needs and how can good health be promoted?
  • What health conditions do they commonly experience and how can these be assessed and managed?
  • What influence do other factors such as ageing and epilepsy have on their health?
  • What mental health issues do they have and how can these be recognised and managed?
  • What are some of the ethical and legal issues that are of particular relevance to them?
Expert instruction
3 high-quality courses
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
4 months
1 - 2 hours per week
$387
USD
For the full program experience

Courses in this program

  1. UQx's Intellectual Disability Healthcare XSeries Program

Meet your instructors
from The University of Queensland (UQx)

Miriam Taylor
Former Education Coordinator at the Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability
The University of Queensland
Nicholas Lennox
Former Director of the Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability
The University of Queensland

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