“…They have highlighted barriers to accessing health care, including: communication difficulties, resulting from individuals with intellectual disability being excluded from consultations [7], [8], [9], failure of General Practitioners (GPs) to conduct health reviews, review medication and conduct blood tests and investigations [10], lack of health promotion and screening [10], [11], [12] and inadequate knowledge of doctors about the health needs of people with intellectual disability [7], [12], [13], [14], which has contributed to diagnostic overshadowing [9], [14], [15], [16]. Diagnostic overshadowing occurs where signs and symptoms arising from physical or mental health problems are misattributed to the individual's intellectual disability, and can lead to delayed diagnosis and treatment.…”