This quiz is useful to summarise and evaluate your current knowledge of profound and multiple learning disabilities.
1-2%
2-4%
5-10%
10-15%
17-20%
An individual with severe learning disability and a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder
An individual with athetoid cerebral palsy
An individual with limited mobility, epilepsy and severe learning disabilities
An individual with spastic hemiplegia, epilepsy and profound learning disabilities
Talk to staff, next of kin and family members and make a best interests decision
Ask next of kin to accompany the client for their appointment so they can consent on behalf of the client
Assess the individuals capacity to consent, and make a best interests decision if the individual is deemed to lack capacity
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1 in 300
1 in 400
1 in 500
1 in 600
Intensive Interaction (II)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Total Communication
Makaton, BLS or other Sign Language