Learning Disability Today
Blue Sky Offices Shoreham
25 Cecil Pashley Way
Shoreham-by-Sea
West Sussex
BN43 5FF
United Kingdom
T: 01273 434943
Contacts
Alison Bloomer
Managing Editor
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Date to be confirmed 2026!
Description: Pain is often underdiagnosed and undertreated in people with learning disabilities and autistic people. This is because it can be difficult to identify due to communication barriers or diagnostic overshadowing.
As pain may be expressed in non-verbal or atypical ways, carers and professionals must use alternative methods to identify pain. This includes visual tools, behavioural observation, and input from family members or support workers who know the individual well.
Behaviour that challenges can also be methods of communication used by individuals with learning disabilities to express unmet needs, like physical pain.
A person-centred approach to pain management can help improve quality of life and reduce health inequality for people with learning disabilities.
This webinar will:
- Discuss key challenges in identifying pain in people with learning disabilities and autistic people
- Signs and indicators of pain
- Tools and approaches for assessment and management using real-life scenarios
