Diagnostic Overshadowing Graphic in ENH NHS Trust

Diagnostic Overshadowing Amongst People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities — Deadly yet Avoidable Risks

Imagine that you are a young adult with a developmental or intellectual disability — you are minimally verbal (but have been labeled non-verbal) yet you understand a lot more than people think you do. You have been given an antipsychotic medication for a few months and have just started…