Health equity for people with disabilities

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un3LK77DZdg

Sintesi

TLDRThe video emphasizes that individuals with disabilities often face significant healthcare challenges due to systemic inequalities rather than their disabilities themselves. It presents personal stories illustrating the varied obstacles such as inaccessible information, communication barriers, and inadequate physical access to healthcare facilities. The narrative stresses the importance of breaking down these barriers by involving the disability community in the development of inclusive healthcare policies. It aims to cultivate a mindset shift towards equitable access and treatment in healthcare settings.

Punti di forza

  • 🤕 People with disabilities have higher health needs.
  • 🚫 Healthcare access inequality is a crucial issue.
  • 📖 Disability is not an illness but often misunderstood.
  • 🙋‍♀️ Stories highlight daily barriers like communication and access.
  • 👥 Community involvement is essential for effective solutions.
  • 🛠️ Barriers include physical, informational, and cultural factors.
  • 💔 Financial struggles hinder access to necessary treatments.
  • 📅 Inconsistent therapy leads to physical and emotional pain.
  • 👩‍⚕️ Right tools can help disabled individuals communicate needs.
  • ✊ A paradigm shift is necessary for inclusive healthcare access.

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    The health needs of people with disabilities are often greater than those of the general population due to systemic inequalities in healthcare access. Barriers such as stigma, lack of awareness, and various forms of discrimination prevent individuals with disabilities from receiving necessary care. This presentation outlines real-life stories highlighting the challenges faced when accessing healthcare, illustrating physical, communication, and institutional barriers. Examples include Julia, who struggles to read nutritional labels due to blindness; Manuel, who feels anxious due to complex medical terminology; and Gonzalo, who faces complications from inconsistent caregiver support. Additional examples highlight communication failures for individuals like Rosemary and James, a deaf couple, facing lack of accessibility and prejudice in healthcare environments. The narrative emphasizes the urgent need for understanding and inclusion in overcoming these barriers, advocating for the rights of people with disabilities to access quality healthcare in a supportive and equitable manner.

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Video Domande e Risposte

  • What are the main barriers faced by people with disabilities in accessing healthcare?

    Barriers include physical, digital, informational, attitudinal, institutional, and cultural challenges.

  • Is disability considered an illness?

    No, disability is not an illness, yet many face stigma and marginalization.

  • What is the slogan of the disability community?

    The slogan is 'Nothing about us without us.'

  • Why do some individuals with disabilities avoid healthcare services?

    Due to fear, lack of comprehension, or previous negative experiences.

  • What can be done to improve access to healthcare for people with disabilities?

    Increase awareness, involve the disability community in solutions, and change societal attitudes.

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    people with disabilities often have more
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    Health needs than the general population
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    in the past this reality was thought to
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    be an unavoidable consequence for people
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    with disabilities but this is not true
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    the real challenge more often comes from
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    the broader inequality of access to
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    health care services and processes
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    Health Care inequalities are a very real
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    and pressing issue in many parts of the
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    world especially the Americas
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    access to proper Health Care is a
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    fundamental human right yet many are
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    denied this simply because of their
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    disability lack of awareness stigma and
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    Prejudice give rise to additional
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    barriers faced by persons with
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    disabilities these include physical
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    digital informational attitudinal
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    institutional and cultural barriers
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    disability is not an illness and yet
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    many people with disabilities are often
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    marginalized and treated as if they are
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    somehow less than everyone else this
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    needs to change
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    now let's look at some stories that
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    showcase the daily barriers people with
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    disabilities face when accessing Health
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    Care Julia born blind is at the grocery
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    store while standing in front of the
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    shelves of cereal she wanted to buy
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    something healthy but could not read the
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    nutritional labels Julia previously was
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    unable to find the product in an
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    accessible format online she wished she
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    could ask someone for help but didn't
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    want to bother anyone
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    after standing a while trying to figure
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    it out on her own she eventually gave up
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    and just chose a cereal at random she
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    hoped it would be good for her but she
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    didn't really know Manuel was diagnosed
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    with an intellectual disability at a
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    young age when it came time to get
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    vaccinated Manuel was confused and
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    scared about what would happen the nurse
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    tried to explain the process to him
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    unfortunately the information was
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    presented to him in Medical Drive and
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    that Manuel didn't understand he was
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    left feeling more anxious scared and
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    alone he decided not to take the vaccine
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    until he understood it better Gonzalo
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    was born with muscular dystrophy and it
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    had gradually progressed he was now at
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    the point where he needed help with his
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    daily living activities like getting out
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    of bed and bathing but one day his
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    caregiver didn't show up Gonzalo waited
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    and waited but they never came this
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    repeated scenario can complicate health
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    problems and even make them worse for
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    Gonzalo including increasing the anxiety
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    and depression when it comes to
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    treatment there are often unintentional
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    but very real accessibility barriers
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    people with disabilities often face
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    problems when it comes to transportation
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    to and from Health Care Centers even
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    Health Facilities often are difficult to
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    access and navigate around or lack
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    necessary equipment such as accessible
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    scales patient lifts and adjustable
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    dentist chairs these problems are
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    exacerbated by communication and social
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    attitude of barriers of health personnel
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    Rosemary who is non-verbal and has
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    cerebral palsy has been dealing with the
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    cold for a few days and decides to go to
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    the doctor to get it checked out when
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    she arrives at the office the staff
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    don't want to talk to her directly they
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    only speak to her caregiver this is
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    frustrating for Rose because with the
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    right tools she can explain what she is
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    feeling herself she would like privacy
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    to discuss her health issues directly
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    with the doctor like everyone else
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    James and Donna are a deaf couple who
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    have decided to start a family they were
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    very excited to find out they were
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    pregnant but anxious about their
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    pregnancy the couple had trouble at
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    their first ultrasound appointment
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    because the sign language interpreter
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    was not available they did not hear
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    their name being called out verbally by
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    the Midwife when they got in wow they
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    felt judged by the medical staff who
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    asked unusual questions about their
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    parenting ability this was a bad
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    experience that left them feeling scared
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    about the future Sheila from a young age
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    has had to rely on physical therapy to
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    help her manage the pain of her
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    disability however due to a lack of
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    funds including a lack of health care
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    come on Sheila's Physical Therapy has
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    been inconsistent this financial barrier
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    for sessions has led to Sheila
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    experiencing a great deal of physical
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    and emotional pain with better
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    understanding and awareness we can start
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    to break down the barriers that prevent
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    people with this abilities from
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    accessing the health care they need
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    deserved and have a right to nothing
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    about us without us has been the slogan
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    of the community of people with
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    disabilities for decades and it still is
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    valid to create solutions to these
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    barriers we need to include the
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    community for their invaluable input by
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    changing our Paradigm and mindset we can
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    assure everyone has access to Quality
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    Care by working together we can make a
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    difference
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    foreign
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Tag
  • disability
  • healthcare
  • inequality
  • accessibility
  • barriers
  • community
  • rights
  • awareness
  • stigma
  • inclusion