What You Need to Know as a Person With a Disability: Cervical and Breast Cancer Screenings
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Byers, Rachel; Keady, Timothy
- Source
- All Current Publications
- Subject
- Cancer screening
pap smear
mammogram
patient rights
disabilities
Women's Health
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
- Language
Research demonstrates that people with disabilities are at greater risk for cervical and breast cancer than people without disabilities. People with disabilities are also less likely to be screened for these cancers compared to people without disabilities. Individuals with disabilities have the right to receive cancer screenings in a timely manner and have the right to reasonable accommodations as outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act.