A New Model for Care: IOD Program Grad Takes Innovative Approach to Disability and Health_188体育app_188体育在线-平台官网

Romy Eberle
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:00 -0500

A graduate of a neurodevelopmental leadership education program at UNH’s Institute on Disability (IOD) is blazing a new trail in primary care for New Hampshire families, placing individuals and their loved ones at the center of an innovative approach designed to ease the transition from pediatric to adult care for patients with chronic illness or disability. When a young person with a lifelong disability turns 18, the shift from pediatric to adult health care can be daunting. Primary care physicians can lack the training or confidence to treat adults with childhood-onset conditions, leaving families to navigate a fragmented system on their own. In New Hampshire, where the physician shortage is particularly acute, these gaps can become craters. Dr. Lisa Plotnik, a physician at Dartmouth...