...Kitty Stewart; Nina Heckelmann; Alida Roos Purpose The purpose of this paper is to expand upon some of the issues raised in “An evaluation of a speech and language therapy eating, drinking and swallowing service for adults with intellectual disability” (Crocker et al., 2024). Design...

... Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Angela Crocker can be contacted at: angela.crocker@belfasttrust.hscni.net Dysphagia Intellectual disability Speech and language therapy Eating Drinking and swallowing Referral trends Co-occurring health conditions...

... and language therapy Aspiration pneumonia Choking Eating drinking and swallowing A linked paper provides information on the demographic characteristics, referral trends, co-occurring health conditions and reasons for referrals of adults with intellectual disability (ID) referred to speech and language...

...Celia Harding; Julie Wright This review explores some of the key issues relevant to children and adults who have dysphagia, or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, and a learning disability. It explores the methods for attempting to identify this area of difficulty effectively...