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Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan

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The education of children with developmental disabilities is sophisticated in the United States. This is a change from the past when neglect and abuses from institutionalization were common. Children with developmental disabilities are now educated with typically developing peers as much as possible. Several laws including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), have safeguarded preventing discrimination and segregation. Many services in school environments are available to support students with developmental disabilities.

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  1. Hawaii Department of Health, Developmental Disabilities Division, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Jeffrey K. Okamoto M.D., FAAP

  2. Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician for Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Room 757, 1319 Punahou Street, Honolulu, HI, 96826, USA

    Jeffrey K. Okamoto M.D., FAAP

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  1. Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability and Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    I. Leslie Rubin

  2. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and Medical Services, Division for Developmental and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel

    Joav Merrick

  3. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

    Donald E. Greydanus  & Dilip R. Patel  & 

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Okamoto, J.K. (2016). School Settings. In: Rubin, I.L., Merrick, J., Greydanus, D.E., Patel, D.R. (eds) Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18096-0_19

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