Young people with learning disabilities aren’t getting the same medical care for common and treatable illnesses – like epilepsy or pneumonia – as everyone else.
In fact, they’re nine times more likely to die from a “treatable cause”, according to Glasgow University research.
It also found death certificates for people with Down Syndrome often misrepresent the cause of death.
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