ABSTRACT
Approximately 2% of the population of the United Kingdom have an intellectual disability (ID) and the individuals to whom this term refers manifest an enormous range of dierent abilities, aetiologies, diagnoses and co-morbidities. However, they also share an array of challenges across intellectual, communicative, motor and social domains and have frequently been marginalized members of society, oen poorly served by services that the rest of the community depend
upon. Not surprisingly, people with ID need those working with them to have a particular set of skills and knowledge, and the aim of this chapter is to introduce these.
