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Improving transition to adulthood for adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities

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Shara Ally, Kerry Boyd, Dara Abells, Khush Amaria, Yani Hamdani, Alvin Loh, Ullanda Niel, Samantha Sacks, Sarah Shea, William F. Sullivan and Brian Hennen
Canadian Family Physician April 2018; 64 (Suppl 2) S37-S43;
Shara Ally
Advanced practice nurse at Surrey Place Centre in Toronto, Ont, Adjunct Lecturer in the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto, and an MBA candidate.
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Kerry Boyd
Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, and Chief Clinical Officer for Bethesda Community Services in Thorold, Ont.
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Dara Abells
Family physician at Forest Hill Family Health Centre in Toronto and the Integrated Services for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and Lecturer in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
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Khush Amaria
Clinical and health psychologist and team lead for the Good 2 Go Transition Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
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Yani Hamdani
Postdoctoral research fellow in Adult Neurodevelopmental Services at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
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Alvin Loh
Developmental pediatrician and Medical Chief of Staff at Surrey Place Centre and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto.
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Ullanda Niel
Family physician at the Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities in Ontario.
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Samantha Sacks
Clinical Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Que, and a family physician at See Things My Way Centre for Innovation in Autism and Intellectual Disabilities.
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Sarah Shea
Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS.
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William F. Sullivan
Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, a staff physician in Medical Services at Surrey Place Centre and in the Family Practice Unit at St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, and Director of the Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program at Surrey Place Centre.
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Brian Hennen
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    Sarah’s health care transition plan

    AAP—American Academy of Pediatrics, ACFP—American Academy of Family Physicians, ACOP—American College of Physicians, DD—developmental disabilities, G-J— gastrojejunal, OT—occupational therapist, SLP—speech-language pathologist.

    Adapted from the Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Initiative.3

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Shara Ally, Kerry Boyd, Dara Abells, Khush Amaria, Yani Hamdani, Alvin Loh, Ullanda Niel, Samantha Sacks, Sarah Shea, William F. Sullivan, Brian Hennen
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