Learning from Lives and Deaths - People with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR) report for 2022

Abstract

The seventh annual report of 'Learning from lives and deaths - People with a learning disability and autistic people' (LeDeR) focuses on reviews of deaths of people with a learning disability and autistic people that occurred in 2022. Comparison data from reviews of deaths in 2018 to 2021 is used to identify trends over time. Introduced by a foreword from the 'Staying Alive and Well' group, the report explores the demographics of people who died, circumstances and causes of death, factors associated with age at death, issues in quality of care and avoidable and excess deaths. Deaths of autistic people without a learning disability are included in the report for the first time in an important step towards understanding the unique challenges faced by autistic people.