title: Radiography of persons with developmental disabilities.
abstract: This article is a proposal to provide guidelines for the radiographer confronted with the patient who is mentally retarded or developmentally disabled. Criteria for an informal evaluation are identified, as well as special methods of positioning and immobilization.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology; D011187:Posture; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011859:Radiography / Q000379:methods*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging