Learning Disability App

Learning Disabilities: A Quick Reference Guide for professionals andstudents in health and social care, written by Lesley Montisci. Lesley is a Learning Disability nurse with considerable experience as a nurse-consultant.
This app is a quick reference guide that aims to improve understandingof learning disabilities and explore key themes and issues. Theinformation is intended to promote best practice and assist carers tosupport people with learning disabilities to achieve optimum health andwell being.

The content includes:A definition of learning disabilityCauses of learning disabilityKey syndromes and links to relevant supportCo-morbidity issuesGuiding principlesDiagnostic overshadowingPregnancy and maternal healthDeath, dying and bereavementDo's and don'ts (practical tips)

This app is intended to run on Android phones with Android 2.2 and above. It has been tested on Nexus 4 with Android 4.4.2 and HTC Wildfire with Android 2.2. It does run on tablets as well, and has been tested on the Nexus 10 and Tesco Hudl. It includes a text-to-speech feature.