Recognize the humanity in people, and don't define them by their disabilities.Sydnee Chavis, DMD, MS, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, shares a story about growing up with her older sister, Brandy, who has cerebral palsy and developmental disabilities, and how she didn’t perceive her as different until the family was out to dinner one night.
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