Health care disparities

Erroneous assumptions among health care professionals about the daily lives, preferences, values, and expectations of persons with disability can contribute to documented health care disparities, faulty communication, and substandard quality of care affecting this heterogeneous population
Frequent misconceptions about persons with disability can contribute to troubling health care disparities, especially an underemphasis on health promotion
Despite the 1990 passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), medical schools and practice settings have been slow to recognize their legal obligations to make reasonable accommodations for persons with disability. Most notably, accommodations are not explicitly supported in many schools’ technical standards

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