Intellectual Disabilities Practice: Article Summary

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This is a summary of the article by Marshall, K., Coiffait, F., and Willoughby-Booth, S. (2013) ‘Assessing distress in people with intellectual disabilities’ Learning Disabilities Practice.16(3), pp. 26-30. • The article is a research on how distress in people with intellectual disabilities are assessed with the use of assessment tools and the treatment offered. • The assessment criteria use in measuring distress of people with intellectual disabilities does not give an accurate diagnoses hence people with intellectual disabilities are left at the risk of psychological and emotional distress than the general population. • The extent of this problem is not known because of the heterogeneity of the population of people with intellectual disabilities