SLDO film: Reducing child deaths from chest infections


This short film is aimed at health and social care workers and educators, carers, and families of children and young people with learning disabilities.

The film shares evidence about the avoidable deaths of children and young people with learning disabilities and highlights key areas where awareness and action are needed:

Postural Care
Swallowing Problems
Vaccinations 
Healthcare Information 

Please take the time to complete a short survey once you watched this film. This will help us to improve future outputs. You can complete the survey at this link

You can also read our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) list and disclaimer notice for this film here.

If you would like more information about this project or any of our work, please get in touch via sldo-info@glasgow.ac.uk 


Relevant resources

For more information about dysphagia, visit the RCSLT website 

For more information about postural care, please visit the PAMIS website.