One of the most important issues for people with disabilities is being able to get the health care they need in their communities.
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH):
People with disabilities often experience a wide and varying range of health conditions leading to poorer health and shorter lifespan. In addition, discrimination, inequality and exclusionary structural practices, programs and policies [that] inhibit access to timely and comprehensive health care, which further results in poorer health outcomes. (Source: nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-designates-people-disabilities-population-health-disparities)
This episode features a project from the Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD), who is the Georgia Affiliate of the Southeast ADA Center. Their project will educate nurses and other health professionals on providing equitable and inclusive health care services for people with disabilities.
Additional Event
Webinar: Effective Communication in Health Care Settings
August 22, 2024, at 10 am to 11:30 am [Eastern] – attend live or view archive recording.
REGISTER: Effective Communication (August 2024) in 4th Thursday ADA Talks
Source: Southeast ADA Center, Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
Link: disabilitywebinars.org/archives/ada-talks/effective-communication-health-care
Guests
Co-Director of the Center for Leadership in Disability, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University
Project Manager for the CDC Statewide Disability and Health project at the Center for Leadership in Disability (CLD)
Director of Project Healthy Grandparents and Clinical Assistant Professor at Georgia State University
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Audio: Episode 132: Nurse’s Guide to the ADA: Understanding Responsibilities in Caring for Patients with Disabilities
Web: soundcloud.com/adalive/episode-132
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- Interactive Transcript for Episode 132: Nurse’s Guide to the ADA: Understanding Responsibilities in Caring for Patients with Disabilities
Web: bit.ly/adalive132-captioning - Transcript Episode 132: Nurse’s Guide to the ADA: Understanding Responsibilities in Caring for Patients with Disabilities (PDF file)
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Featured Organization
The Center for Leadership and Disability
The Center for Leadership and Disability, , is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. CLD is housed within the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. The CLD is one of 67 programs in the country funded by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities US Department of Health and Human Services. Their mission is to translate research into sustainable community practices that contribute to independent, self determined, inclusive and productive lives for people with disabilities and their families. To learn more about CLD, visit their website at cld.gsu.edu
About ADA Live!
The ADA Live! podcast and resources focus on the rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A new episode airs for 30-45 minutes on the first Wednesday of each month. ADA Live! is produced by the Southeast ADA Center, one of ten regional ADA Centers in the ADA National Network.
No registration is required. You can submit your questions to ADA Live!, explore resources and the ADA Live! schedule plus connect to archived episodes on burtonblatti7.sg-host.com or download podcasts from soundcloud.com/adalive
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Each episode features guests with unique knowledge and insights sharing their perspective on public policies that are moving the momentum forward and holding progress back. Guests from government and the business and disability communities share their perspectives on ways to translate the latest trends and thinking to advance workforce development and employment policy that produces sustainable economic opportunity for individuals with disabilities. Researchers from the three universities also share what they are learning about employment policies as part of the work of the NIDILRR grant-funded Center on Disability Inclusive Employment Policy. Tune-in at: disabilityinclusiveemployment.org/podcast-series/
The ADA Live! and Disability Rights Today podcasts are a cross-collaboration with the NIDILRR-funded Southeast ADA Center (#90DPAD0005-01-00), the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) of Syracuse University, and the NIDILRR grant-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) – Disability Inclusive Employment Practices (#90RTEM0006-01-00).
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About the Southeast ADA Center
The Southeast ADA Center is a leader in providing information, training, and guidance on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and disability access tailored to the needs of business, government, and individuals at local, state, and regional levels. It also conducts research to reduce and eliminate barriers to employment and economic self-sufficiency and to increase the civic and social participation of Americans with disabilities. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, we are a project of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) of Syracuse University and one of 10 regional ADA centers in the ADA National Network, funded since 1991 by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. Web: adasoutheast.org
About BBI
The Burton Blatt Institute (“BBI”) at Syracuse University reaches around the globe in its efforts to advance the civic, economic, and social participation of people with disabilities. Through program development, research, and public policy guidance, BBI advances the full inclusion of people with disabilities. BBI builds on the legacy of Burton Blatt, a pioneering disability rights scholar. BBI has offices in Syracuse, NY; Washington, DC; New York City, NY; and Lexington, KY. Web: bbi.syr.edu
DISCLAIMER: The contents of this post were developed by the Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University and the ADA National Network, under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant #90DPAD0005-01-00). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this podcast and email do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.