Health News - Dying to Talk: Australians with intellectual disability in the dark about death

Health News - Dying to Talk: Australians with intellectual disability in the dark about death

In a world-first, the Dying to Talk project is developing a research-based toolkit to support staff and caregivers to deliver individual information to adults with intellectual disability, and discuss end-of-life planning in everyday contexts.
Professor Roger Stancliffe from the University's Centre for Disability Research and Policy said access to information about death is a fundamental human right, but those with an intellectual disability have frequently been marginalised and disempowered to make decisions about end-of-life care.