Features of Intellectual Disability Information System: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Mozhgan Karimi, Farkhondeh Asadi, Hamid Moghaddasi and Reza Rabiei

The aim of this paper is to review the literature related to intellectual disability information systems in the United States, England and Southern Ireland. Electronic databases were used to collate data using key terms such as intellectual disability, service providers, integrated service delivery, organizational structures and features of intellectual disability information system; exchanged data among service providers. This review of the literature presents features of intellectual disability information systems in studied developed countries. It highlights importance of applying integrated and collaborative approaches in providing services as well as exchanged information among the service providers. The study helps to identify what is needed to improve intellectual disability information systems in orderto promote appropriate and more effective service management.

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