{"id":1546,"date":"2026-02-25T16:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2026-02-25T17:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:30:35","slug":"constipation-kills-people-with-intellectual-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/blog\/index.php\/constipation-kills-people-with-intellectual-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Constipation kills people with intellectual disabilities."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>He had an intellectual disability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He also had constipation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And constipation kills people with intellectual disabilities every single year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Death by poop. It doesn\u2019t get more undignified than that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"People w\/ intellectual disabilities die from constipation. Story.\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LJAgtgo90Wc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This wasn\u2019t just about constipation. This was about power. About a man with an intellectual disability taking ownership of his own body. About finding a way to stay healthy without giving up his independence. A small chart. A small number. A big win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Future Learning\u2019s module The Fatal Five goes deeper into exactly this kind of issue. It provides essential, life-saving education for staff about the five health conditions, including constipation, that too often lead to preventable deaths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you in charge of training at our organization? Want to see how Open Future Learning can work for your team? Schedule a Zoom demo of our site and then have 24 seats to our site for one month. No obligation. No contract of use. No cost. Link: https:\/\/www.openfuturelearning.org\/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.RequestDemo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. Open Future is now SCORM compliant. Use our courses on any Learning Management System (LMS)!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He had an intellectual disability. He also had constipation. And constipation kills people with intellectual disabilities every single year. Death by poop. It doesn\u2019t get more undignified than that. This wasn\u2019t just about constipation. This was about power. About a man with an intellectual disability taking ownership of his own body. 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