The National Roadmap sets out a vision for a targeted set of reforms across the health system to ensure that it meets the needs of people with intellectual disability in an integrated and holistic way, to improve their health outcomes. The actions outlined in the roadmap will help develop a health system in which people with intellectual disability are valued and respected and have access to high quality, timely and comprehensive health care that supports them to attain the best possible health outcomes across the course of their lives.

The key objectives of the roadmap are to:

• improve support for people with intellectual disability, their families and carers,
• develop better models of care for people with intellectual disability,
• provide support for health professionals to help them deliver quality care for people with intellectual disability,
• improve the oral health of people with intellectual disability, as a central requirement for improving their general health and overall wellbeing,
• strengthen research, data and measurement to monitor the health outcomes of people with intellectual disability, and assess the effectiveness of initiatives in improving their health, and
• improve emergency preparedness and response to ensure that the needs of people with intellectual disability are considered and met.