Americans with Disabilities Act: Its Importance in Special Care Dentistry.
This article focuses on understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act and developmental disabilities for health care providers in special care dentistry. Essential to this awareness is a comprehension of statutory and regulatory requirements and how state disability acts can be more rigorous in application. Developmental disabilities are re-examined in the context of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition). Understanding of intellectual disability, epilepsy, autism spectrum disorder, and cerebral palsy is necessary because the management of oral health considerations for special care patients has become ever more complex and indispensable.
Community Regional Medical Center, Surabian Dental Care Center, 290 North Wayte Lane, 2500, Fresno, CA 93701, USA. Electronic address: ssurabiandds@communitymedical.org.
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Americans with Disabilities Act; Autism spectrum disorder; Cerebral palsy; Developmental disabilities; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition); Epilepsy; Intellectual disability; Special care dentistry