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Supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to cope and thrive through transitions to later-life phases

Affiliations

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.
² Teaches in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Interdisciplinary Programs at King's University College at the University of Western Ontario in London.
³ Family physician at Forest Hill Family Health Centre in Toronto and the Integrated Services for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
⁴ Transitions Facilitator for the Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program, Surrey Place.

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

. 2019 Apr;65(Suppl 1):S30-S32.

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.
² Teaches in the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Interdisciplinary Programs at King's University College at the University of Western Ontario in London.
³ Family physician at Forest Hill Family Health Centre in Toronto and the Integrated Services for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
⁴ Transitions Facilitator for the Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program, Surrey Place.

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Aging that includes an intellectual and developmental disability: A time to flourish?
Sullivan WF, Heng J, Perry A, Bach M, Casson I. Sullivan WF, et al. Can Fam Physician. 2019 Apr;65(Suppl 1):S5-S7. Can Fam Physician. 2019. PMID: 31023770 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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