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  • Dementia

    A group of symptoms caused by a range of organic disorders that affect the brain.

  • Developmental delay

    When a child takes longer to reach certain development milestones than other children their age.

  • Dietary needs

    The various foods, fluids and supplements required to optimise a person's health.

  • Disability

    In relation to a person, means a substantial restriction in the capacity of the person to carry on a profession, business or occupation in the state or to participate in social or cultural life in the state by reason of an enduring physical, sensory, mental health or intellectual impairment.

  • Dual diagnosis

    A person with a mental health illness and one of either intellectual disability or substance abuse disorder.

  • Faecal incontinence

    Involuntary passing of stool.

  • FEDS assessment

    Feeding eating drinking and swallowing assessment.

  • Intellectual disability (ID)

    A significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills (impaired intelligence), with a reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning) which started before adulthood (18 years), with a lasting effect on development.

  • Learning difficulty

    A difficulty in acquiring knowledge or skills, in particular any of various neurodevelopmental conditions affecting either general intellectual ability or the learning and use of specific academic skills such as reading, writing, or mathematics.

  • Mental health

    A state of well-being in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.

  • Modified diet

    A modified diet is one that has been adjusted in regards to texture or content.

  • Sensory impairment

    Sensory impairment is the common term used to describe deafness, blindness, visual impairment, hearing impairment and deafblindness.

    Alternative terms
    Sensory disability

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