CPD Ref: C-100457CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2025
Domains: Communication, Professionalism
Topics: Learning disabilities, Genetics, Down’s syndrome, Autism, Cerebral palsy, Asperger syndrome, Communication, Visual impairment, Williams syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Chromosome, Congenital, Amblyopia, Refractive error, Strabismus, Accommodation, Cataracts, Binocular vision.
CPD Ref: C-100458
CPD Points: 
CPD Type: Non-interactive
Closing Date: 31 December 2025
Domains: Clinical practice, Communication
In the second part of this series, experts explore a range of techniques to address the challenges of examining patients with learning disabilities, highlighting different approaches and clinical tests for this group.
Topics: Learning disabilities, Retinoscopy, Charts, Ophthalmoscopy, Communication, Visual assessment, Refraction, Visual fields, Binocular vision, Autism, Down’s syndrome, Cerebral palsy, Vulnerable children, Vulnerable adults, School.
CPD Ref: C-100459
CPD Points: 
Closing Date: 31 December 2025
Domains: Communication, Professionalism
The third and final part of this series on examining patients with learning disabilities focuses on the period after the appointment. It explores dispensing and aftercare, as well as key legal considerations around capacity, consent, confidentiality, GOS requirements and safeguarding, illustrated through two patient case studies.
Topics: Learning disabilities, Communication, Autism, Down’s syndrome, Vulnerable adults, Vulnerable children, Capacity, Consent, GOS, Legal, Confidentiality, Safeguarding, Referral, Dispensing, Frames.