Individuals with intellectual disability living in the community have a high prevalence of obesity, due to unhealthy food choices and passive lifestyles (Hsieh, Rimmer, & Heller, 2014; Humphries, Traci, & Seekins, 2009). They are generally in higher risk than the general population for developing secondary conditions at younger ages, such as fatigue and chronic pain, due to biological factors, lack of access to adequate health care and lifestyle and environmental issues (Heller, McCubbin, Drum & Peterson, 2011; Rimmer, Chen, & Hsieh, 2011). 15% of men and 25% of women with mild intellectual disability in Norway were obese in 2004, where compared to the general population obesity was respectively 6% and 7% (Hove, 2004). No newer research is reported domestically, however, international research shows this trend continuing (Ranjan, Nasser, & Fisher, 2018). A radical reorganization of care was implemented in Norway for individuals with intellectual disability in the early 1990s, from institutionalizing to ensuring adults with intellectual disability the right to community services. Individuals with intellectual disability over the age of 18 moving from their family home are usually accommodated in supervised, independent residences. Most

In this article, we will examine personas as methodological approach and review some critiques about how its use may omit or stereotype users with disabilities or even restrict user involvement. We review previous persona creation methods and compare it to our approach where we involve diverse users directly in the personas creation process, to ensure more grounded personas. This approach has recently been refined in a project where we are building a tool aiming to give citizens more control over their health information. We discuss our experiences and offer some experience-based guidelines for using our method.

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