The Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework (The Framework) and supporting education resources are now available online.

Download the Framework and education resources here.

The Framework sets out what students studying to be health professionals should learn about intellectual disability health. Health professionals are people who help you take care of your health such as doctors, nurses, and dentists.

Find out more about the Framework here.  

The education resources are designed to support the use of the Framework and reflect the Framework capabilities and learning outcomes. The resources include:

• Materials such as written case studies and case study films, lecture plans and tutorial activities, a role play scenario and example assessment questions.
• A co-education toolkit with information for educators on how they can best work with lived experience educators. 

Find out more about the education resources here.

The Framework and education resources were co-designed with people with intellectual disability, their carers, family and supporters.

We hope that the materials made in this project will support health students to become better future health professionals when working with people with intellectual disability. 

More background about this project can be found at the Department of Health and Ageing website.

Download the Framework and education resources now.

Image from 'Oliver: Decision-making and consent' case study film.