Stephanie Searle
SAIDHS Service Manager
Stephanie Searle is the Service Manager of the South Australian Intellectual Disability Health Service (SAIDHS), an occupational therapist by background. She brings both a clinical-allied-health perspective and a service-level view of how the health system can work better for people with disability and the teams around them.
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July 16, 2026
Caring for People with Intellectual Disability: What Every Clinician Needs to Know
People with intellectual disability represent approximately 2% of the Australian population, yet they experience some of the worst health outcomes of any group — with a life expectancy 27 years shorter than the general population and twice the rate of preventable deaths. In this episode, Host Dr Gavin Nimon (Orthopaedic Surgeon) is joined by Dr Hannah Wu, GP and consultant with the South Australian Intellectual Disability Health Service (SAIDHS), and Stephanie Searle, OT and Service Manager a...
Guests: Stephanie Searle , Hannah Wu