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By Louise Kinross

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Here are some quotes to pull you into the content:

-From the author of a JAMA Pediatrics study that found most pediatrics specialties in the U.S. have no mention of disability in the competencies residents and fellows must show: 

"The lack of medical training on disability in childhood can negatively impact disabled children and their families in a multitude of ways, including diagnostic overshadowing… care plans that don't meet the disabled child's needs, failing to provide necessary accommodations, inappropriate screening, and the perpetuation of bias against disabled children." 
(See Research Hits)

-From a parent who says her daughter’s disabilities changed their family’s pace of life: 

“To get somewhere for a 2 p.m. appointment… I might begin the process at 11 a.m. It takes extra brain space, extra thinking, and 100 small decisions. And that decision fatigue we hear so much about? It is very much a part of our world.” (See Parent Talk)

-From a former client on the brain injury unit: 

“When I got back to school I was relieved to see familiar faces, but a lot of people didn’t understand what it means to have a disability. I came back in a wheelchair and that wasn’t common for them… My friends didn’t treat me the same. They were more cautious around me, and they weren’t as giddy. They just didn’t act the same. It was like I was a new person in their eyes.” (See Role Model)

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