Aging that includes an intellectual and developmental disability: A time to flourish?

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¹ Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario, a staff physician in Medical Services at Surrey Place and the Academic Family Health Team at St Michael's Hospital, and Clinical Lead of the Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program, Surrey Place. bill.sullivan@SurreyPlace.ca.
² Teaches in the department of Philosophy and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at King's University College in London, Ont.
³ Transitions Facilitator for the Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program, Surrey Place.
⁴ Managing Director of the Institutes for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society in Toronto.
⁵ Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.

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William F Sullivan et al. Can Fam Physician. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr;65(Suppl 1):S5-S7.

¹ Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario, a staff physician in Medical Services at Surrey Place and the Academic Family Health Team at St Michael's Hospital, and Clinical Lead of the Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program, Surrey Place. bill.sullivan@SurreyPlace.ca.
² Teaches in the department of Philosophy and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at King's University College in London, Ont.
³ Transitions Facilitator for the Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program, Surrey Place.
⁴ Managing Director of the Institutes for Research and Development on Inclusion and Society in Toronto.
⁵ Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.

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Supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to cope and thrive through transitions to later-life phases.
Sullivan WF, Heng J, Abells D, Perry A, Henze M. Sullivan WF, et al. Can Fam Physician. 2019 Apr;65(Suppl 1):S30-S32. Can Fam Physician. 2019. PMID: 31023777 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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