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Ableism at the Bedside: People with Intellectual Disabilities and COVID-19

Caitlin Chicoine, Erin E. Hickey, Kristi L. Kirschner and Brian A. Chicoine
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2022, 35 (2) 390-393; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210371
Caitlin Chicoine
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (CC); Department of Academic Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago (EEH); Departments of Medical Education, Neurology and Rehabilitation, and Academic Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago (KLK); Advocate Medical Group Adult Down Syndrome Center, Department of Family Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL (BAC).
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Erin E. Hickey
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (CC); Department of Academic Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago (EEH); Departments of Medical Education, Neurology and Rehabilitation, and Academic Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago (KLK); Advocate Medical Group Adult Down Syndrome Center, Department of Family Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL (BAC).
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Kristi L. Kirschner
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (CC); Department of Academic Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago (EEH); Departments of Medical Education, Neurology and Rehabilitation, and Academic Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago (KLK); Advocate Medical Group Adult Down Syndrome Center, Department of Family Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL (BAC).
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Brian A. Chicoine
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (CC); Department of Academic Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago (EEH); Departments of Medical Education, Neurology and Rehabilitation, and Academic Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago (KLK); Advocate Medical Group Adult Down Syndrome Center, Department of Family Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL (BAC).
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