An example is a policy that prohibits staff from lifting patients onto examination tables. Some women under managed care programs experienced problems accessing specialists for health conditions related to their disability. Most medical facilities have numerous architectural barriers. While most modern medical offices have accessible entrances and restrooms, it is very rare to find elevating exam tables or platform scales. Most women with severe physical disabilities are unable to monitor their weight, an especially critical problem during pregnancy.
Some physicians harbor negative, stereotypic attitudes toward women with physical disabilities.
In the interviews, many women reported that their physicians regarded them as asexual and did not acknowledge their need for reproductive health care. Some physicians do not talk directly to women with physical disabilities. In the interviews, many women complained that their physicians were more likely to talk to someone accompanying them than directly to them.