A mandatory faculty course on dyslexia is recommended to prevent bias against and misunderstanding of medical students who have this condition.

As a matter of medical ethics, physicians must advocate for their vulnerable patients and medical schools should offer training in advocacy and activism.

Physicians must resist judging the quality of life of their patients with Down syndrome and learn to listen and see them as individual personalities.

The way that we choose how to frame the conversation with parents about halting or continuing such therapy for their children who will not recover has special importance in medicine and in society.

Teaching about tobacco cessation interventions should be integrated into the medical school curriculum.

Medical students and residents should be taught clear principles to help them educate families about their children's nutritional requirements from the age of birth in order to prevent childhood obesity.

The medical subspecialty of adolescent medicine grew out of the specialized needs of the growing adolescent population.

Medical schools need to integrate training in treating adolescents into their curricula.

A physician explains the importance of taking a thorough sexual history and the proper way to complete it.

The need for improved health care transition (HCT) for youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be met with training for health care professionals, financial counseling for parents of children with ASD, and increased vocational training and opportunities for youth with ASD.