Resumen

HERNANDEZ-VAZQUEZ, Selene Montserrat  y  LOPEZ-SANTACRUZ, Hiram Daniel. Wheelchairs, accessibility and Pediatric Dentistry: Perspectives in Latin America. Rev Odontoped Latinoam [online]. 2023, vol.13, e-223566.  Epub 27-Mar-2024. ISSN 2174-0798.  https://doi.org/10.47990/alop.v13i.566.

Children who have limited mobility and use wheelchairs generally have fewer opportunities to explore the world around them and are at a greater risk of deficits in life skills, at home and at school because community and social settings are often not suited to allow their accessibility. Unfortunately, in Latin America there are millions of girls, boys and adolescents who have a disability, and who have experienced some type of exclusion or discrimination in the educational, social or cultural sphere. The objectives of the article are to identify, analyze and synthesize the perspectives of Latin American countries regarding the situation of accessibility for children who use wheelchairs, as well as to explain a reflection on the area of Pediatric Dentistry.

Palabras clave : accessibility; Latin America; Pediatric Dentistry; wheelchairs.

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