Intellectual Disabilities at Your Fingertips: A Health Care Resource

Cleveland Clinic's Dr. Carl Tyler brings you a new pocket reference that offers reliable, up-to-date information on:
- General issues, such as disability classification, communication challenges, functional analysis, regulations and informed consent
- Common diagnostics
- Essentials of health promotion and disease prevention
- Common clinical syndromes
- Aging issues
- Syndrome-specific health care
- Neuro-behavioral medicine
- Common pharmacotherapies.

Physicians, psychiatrists, health care staff, case workers, QMRPS, QDDPs and others who serve persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities can greatly increase quality of life with this new medical reference.

In addition to an index and resource section, the book features the following tables.
Table 1. The 8 Principles of Health Care in Adults with IDD.
Table 2. Various Levels of Intellectual Disabilities.
Table 3. Common Health Issues Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Table 4. Periodic Health Examination Considerations for Persons with Cerebral Palsy.
Table 5. Common Health Issues in Adults with Down Syndrome.
Table 6. The Fragile X Checklist.
Table 7. Common Health Care Issues in Adults with Fragile X.
Table 8. Common Physical Conditions Associated with Self-Injurious Behavior.
Table 9. Medications Used in Management of Self-Injurious Behavior.
Table 10. Modified Ashworth Scale.
Table 11. Oral Medications Used to Treat Spasticity.
Table 12. Commonly Used Drugs with Anticholinergic Properties
Table 13. Metabolism of Antiepileptic Drugs.
Table 14. Selected Adverse Effects of Specific Antiepileptic Drugs.
Table 15. Common Side Effects of Antipsychotic Medications.
Table 16. Types of Neuroleptic-Induced Movement Disorder.
Table 17. Non-Neuroleptic Drugs Associated with Movement Disorder.

Prevention. Diagnosis. Treatment. Recovery. Whether a person's disability is mild or significant, the fact remains: better data plus better communication equals better patient outcomes. Dr. Tyler s work bridges the gap and ensures that you will maximize health planning, doctor visits, hospital stays, treatment regimens, medication routines, and more. His data and guidance help health care providers partner with the person who has IDD, and with care providers, to better identify and manage pain/discomfort, significant changes, and areas of concerns.

Carl V. Tyler, MD, is a National Institutes of Health-sponsored Practice-Based Research (design and methodology) post-doctoral fellow at Case Western Reserve University. There, he is learning new methods to study and improve the quality of health care for adults with intellectual disabilities.

He is also Coordinator of Geriatric Education and Research at the Fairview - Cleveland Clinic Family Medicine Residency in Cleveland, OH. Following medical school, Dr. Tyler completed one year of post-graduate training in psychiatry and human behavior at the University of California-Irvine, followed by three years of post-graduate training in family practice at Fairview Hospital.

In his private practice, Dr. Tyler began working with adults with intellectual disabilities who were newly de-institutionalized. He now teaches and conducts research on the health care needs of adults with intellectual disabilities.

Steve Baker, MS, is an executive at Trinity Services, Inc., of Joliet, IL. He serves as Director of Publications and Special Projects, as well as chairperson of the human rights committee.

Mr. Baker got into the human services field with a part-time college job. Since then he has worked in and managed many aspects of public and nonprofit service. For more than 30 years, he has continually worked to provide better lives for individuals with a disability or other major life challenge.

Steve Baker authored two earlier books: Human Rights Committees: Staying on Course with Services and Supports for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Scanning the Horizon: Using Organizational Data to Prevent Abuse and Neglect of People with Intellectual Disabilities. You can read his regular column and book reviews in Perdido, the High Tide Press leadership magazine.