Intellectual disability health

From accidental doctor to disability health champion


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Emeritus Professor Helen Beange is a celebrated doctor, researcher and mentor in intellectual disability health. For over 40 years, Helen provided health care for people with intellectual disability, leadership in research, and powerful advocacy for better services.

In this interview, Julian Trollor talks with Helen about how she got into medicine and intellectual disability health, her experience of those early days of genetic discovery and deinstitutionalisation, what she thinks has changed over the years, and her hopes for the future.


Find out more about Helen and read a transcript of this interview at the 3DN website.

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Intellectual disability healthBy 3DN