Developmentally delayed patients find hope at Faith Clinic

[The Patriot]

Although he and his family had lived with his severe autism his whole life, when he turned 19 Jacob Sheffield began to regress. He developed severe anxiety issues. He became easily agitated. He broke into loud outbursts....Jacob got assigned to Madigan Army Medical Center's Faith Clinic, a special clinic just for adult patients with developmental disabilities. In fact, it is the only one of its kind in all of the Department of Defense. The clinic grew out of Madigan's Pediatrics Clinic in 2005 when they recognized the need to provide continued specialized care for their developmentally delayed patients who age out of pediatric care.

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