Approximately 50% of newborns with Down syndrome have congenital heart disease. Non-
cardiac comorbidities may also be present. Many of the principles and strategies of …

Inequitable access to deceased donor organs for transplantation has received considerable
scrutiny in recent years. Emerging evidence suggests patients with impaired decision …

Disqualifying patients with intellectual disabilities (ID) from transplantation has received
growing attention from the media, state legislatures, the Office of Civil Rights, and recently …

Importance Improving equity in organ transplant access for people with intellectual and
developmental disabilities (IDD) is a topic of social discourse in mainstream media, state …

Historically, individuals with intellectual disability and end-stage organ disease were
discriminated against by transplant professionals and often excluded from transplantation …

Objectives To describe the prevalence and long-term outcomes of kidney, liver, and heart
transplant for children with an intellectual disability. Study design We performed a …

Children with severe intellectual disability have historically been excluded from solid organ
transplantation. The purpose of this article was to review the arguments for excluding this …

The continuing need to combat disability discrimination in organ transplantation -
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The incidence of pediatric solid organ transplantation (SOT) has increased in recent
decades due to medical and surgical advances as well as improvements in organ …

ABSTRACT Background The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) started recording
data on intellectual disability status in 2008. This study aimed to characterize the long‐term …