Healthcare Resources
Resources for healthcare professionals who have patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Articles for Healthcare Professionals
Awareness, Accommodations and Access is the linear process needed to ensure people with developmental disabilities are receiving the equitable treatment they deserve as human beings in every system of our community.
Awareness of our healthcare system’s barriers, our own implicit biases and our knowledge gaps positions us to learn and grow.
Addressing the Causes and Effects of Developmental Disabilities
(an article from The Arc U.S.)
Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities
(a study from 2017 of national figures)
A Comprehensive Approach to Medical Care for People with DD
(from American Family Physician, 2018)
One-Page Profile for Medical Settings
(OHSU Family to Family Template)
Government Medical Resources
Oregon Medicaid
The Oregon Health Plan (OHP) is Oregon’s medical assistance program. It provides health care coverage for people from all walks of life. This includes working families, children, pregnant adults, single adults and seniors. It also includes elderly, blind or disabled Oregonians who meet eligibility requirements.
K Plan
This Medicaid plan supports Oregonians who want to stay in their home community and remain independent, healthy and safe. To access this plan, talk to your service coordinator.
What (and who) determines quality of life?
Our perceptions of life with a disability shape our idea of quality of life. There often exists a disparity between how healthcare providers view the quality of the life of someone with a disability and how the person with the disability views his/her own quality of life.
Click the links below to read more about perceptions and determinants of quality of life.