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Resources on Respect, Diversity and Inclusion in Health: Disability

Disability refers to the limitations experienced by a person when interacting with their environment due to a physical or mental condition. People with disabilities face barriers including stigmatization and discrimination when accessing healthcare.

Recognizing these factors is one way providers can help to facilitate accessible environments. https://guides.hsict.library.utoronto.ca/cmcc_edi

Accessibility

Empowering Medicine - Unleashing the Potential of Disabled Physicians in Shaping Healthcare Perspectives [UM Panel; Video]
Ableism: The Undiaganosed Malady Affecting Medicine [UM Panel: Video]
Taking Down Ableism [Video; 57 mins]
Ableism in the Academy - Who's Listening [Video; 1 hour 33 mins]
Disabled people's experiences of health care (Chapter 5 in "Understanding Disability: A Guide for Health Professionals")
What is disability? (Chapter 2 in "Understanding Disability: A Guide for Health Professionals")

Tools

Colour Contrast Analyser (CCA)
It helps determine the legibility of text and the contrast of visual elements, such as graphical controls and visual indicators.
Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool (PEAT)
A resource for developers to identify seizure risks in their web content and software.
WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
Tools that help authors make web content more accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Adapted from Reed College Library, licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY Attribution 4.0