Bulletin 9: Leading the Way Toward Health Equity (January 2024)

Systemic, societal, and attitudinal barriers have led to lack of health equity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This Issue of the Bulletin, Leading the Way to Health Equity, explores the many complex facets of barriers to health equity and highlights some of the bright spots related to innovations and initiatives aimed at combating this inequity. This issue aims to offer a better understanding of the movements and models that brought us to where we are now, the current quality of healthcare for many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and the many ways that we can work to improve access to and quality of healthcare, supports, and services.