We are re-airing this episode from 2023.
Is our healthcare systemaccessible for people with disabilities or just compliant? This week we talkwith Dr. Priya Chandan, MD, MPH, who is Vice President of Healthcare Qualityand Analytics at Kramer Davis and Clinical Associate Professor in the Divisionof Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of LouisvilleSchool of Medicine; and Dr. Emily Noonan, PhD, MA, who is Assistant Professorin Undergraduate Medical Education at the University of Louisville School ofMedicine. We discuss disability and medicine, which touches all cliniciansregardless of specialty. Priya and Emily describe how ableism and the lack ofaccessibility create barriers to care for people with disabilities, and theydiscuss their curriculum initiatives that engage self-advocates to teach studentsabout disability and health care. Learn more about their work to improve healthcare for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities here.
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