Viability of a Dementia Advocacy Effort for Adults with Intellectual Disability: Using a National Task Group Approach

This article describes the origins of this group, its functions and accomplishments, as well its role with respect to national dementia advocacy, as a prototype for other national efforts that can be used to promote the interests of adults with intellectual disability affected by dementia and improve the quality of their lives. Suggested are means for replication of such an effort in other national environments.

Source: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities - September 2, 2014 Category: Disability Authors: Matthew P. Janicki, Seth M. Keller Tags: Invited Paper Source Type: research