About this website

Unique and flexible guidelines that can be used by practitioners, families and carers to ease the process of breaking bad news to people with intellectual disabilities
Guidelines are adaptable to individual communication ability and level of understanding
Background information, explanations of the guidelines, practical tips and exercises
Ideal learning resource for social care, medical, nursing and other healthcare students, as well as postgraduate professionals

“My mum never told me that she was dying. She wanted to protect me. It would have made it a lot easier if she had told me…” Amanda Cresswell

“Too often, people with intellectual disabilities are protected from bad news…”

Irene Tuffrey-Wijne

“People with learning disabilities want to be told what’s going on…”
Gary Butler