European Declaration on the Health of Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families

In some senses, this is old news. The World Health Organisation Europe led the process to develop the European Declaration on the Health of Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families, which was launched at a conference in November 2010.

See information at:

http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases/mental-health/activities/intellectual-disabilities

The new dimension is that, finally, the Research Priorities document led by the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities has also been published to accompany the Better Health Better Lives report:

http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases/mental-health/publications/2012/better-health,-better-lives-research-priorities/_recache

The research priorities report can be downloaded for free.

The full reference is:

Emerson, E., Barron, D.A., Blacher, J., Brehmer, B., Clinch, S., Davidson, P.W., Davies, R., Felce, D., Glidden, L.M., Hassiotis, A., Hastings, R.P., Hatton, C., Heller, T., Holland, T., Janicki, M., Kerr, M., Knefel, M., Llewellyn, G., Murphy, G., Ouellette-Kuntz, H., Reinders, H., Timmons, V., Walsh, P.N., Weber, G. (2012). Better Health, Better Lives: Research Priorities. Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.