Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership (ILDP) provides support, advice and services for adults with global learning disabilities in Islington.

This includes: 

• social work and community support
• learning disability and mental health nursing
• specialist pharmacist
• occupational therapy
• physiotherapy
• speech and language therapy
• clinical psychology
• psychiatry
• art therapy
• advanced health practitioner: specialist LD cancer screening

Learning Disability Liaison meetings

ILDP can offer GP practices a learning disability liaison meeting via Microsoft Teams to act as an intermediary between services, provide advice on physical and mental health conditions and reasie awareness of over medication.

To arrange a meeting or for more information, please contact Athena Mesaritis: a.mesaritis@nhs.net

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

ILDP works with adults with a diagnosis of global learning disabilities. To obtain a diagnosis of global learning disabilities and be eligible to receive services from ILDP, the person must meet all three of the following criteria:

• significant impairment in intellectual functioning (IQ score of 69 or below on a standardised assessment or equivalent)
• a concurrent significant impairment in social and adaptive functioning
• onset of these impairments is before the age of 18 years (i.e. the difficulties are developmental in origin, rather than acquired through a stroke, head injury, long-standing mental illness or drug/alcohol use).

Please note: People who have specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyspraxia (and who do not have an IQ score of 69 or less) are not considered to have global learning disabilities.

Exclusions

Adults with: 

• learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyspraxia
• a diagnosis of autism without learning disability 
• acquired brain injuries.

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