http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/why-people-with-intellectual-disabilities-are-dying-avoidable-deaths-20170207-gu7c8j.html
People with intellectual disabilities were twice as likely to die a potentially avoidable death than the general public, found the largest Australian study of its kind.
The research published in the BMJ Open on Wednesday also found adults in this group died on average 27 years earlier than other Australians (54 versus 81 years old).
It's a jarring disparity in life expectancy comparable to the life expectancy gap between Australia and South Sudan.
Her doctor conceded during a coronial inquest that she had suspected meningitis
