FILLING IN THE GAPS.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- KELLER, SETH
- Source
- Exceptional Parent; Oct2020, Vol. 50 Issue 10, p44-46, 3p
- Subject
- American Academy of Nursing
Developmental disabilities
Health education
Health services accessibility
People with intellectual disabilities
Oral hygiene
Neurologists
- Language
- ISSN
- 00469157
The article discusses the need to provide access to quality health services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), including oral health and behavioral health services, as well as the recommended strategies. Also cited are the efforts by the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD) including IDD healthcare curriculum development and the support to healthcare providers to convince them to care for IDDs.