“As of 2023, only 15% of U.S. medical schools have taken advantage of these grants.”
The money to teach intellectual and developmental disability care has been on the table since 2009, and 85% of medical schools still haven’t picked it up. 77% of physicians in one study rated their ability to care for autistic patients poor or fair. One family called 12 oral surgery practices to get a wisdom tooth pulled. The accreditor, the LCME, could make the training mandatory and has ignored every call to do it.