Spring 2027

Ableism in Healthcare: Understanding the Problem to Improve Care

Examines disability rights, identity, and access factors causing care disparities. Students build frameworks to identify and implement solutions for inclusive healthcare.

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What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the heterogenous definition of disability, the disability identity and how this relates to anti-ableism, and the intersectionality of disability with other identities.

  • Examine the history of disability rights in the United States and how this applies to access to care, education and other services.

  • Describe how current systems create inaccessibility in social interactions, education, employment, and healthcare for people with disabilities.

  • Identify the various statewide organizations that can provide additional support for children and adults with disabilities.

  • Illustrate ways to improve accessibility and inclusion for those with disabilities in the medical system (including disabilities knowledge in medical training).

  • Implement strategies participants can use to improve their future care of individuals with disabilities.

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Prerequisites

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MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813

PEDIAT 911

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Disability rights, disability identity, and access and inclusion factors leading to disparities in care. Build a conceptual framework of the problem and utilize this framework to identify and implement potential solutions.

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Topics

  • Disability definition, identity, anti-ableism, and intersectionality
  • History of US disability rights and its application to access to care and services
  • Systemic inaccessibility in social interactions, education, employment, and healthcare
  • Statewide organizations providing support for people with disabilities

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  • Implementing strategies to improve care for individuals with disabilities
  • Building a conceptual framework to identify and implement solutions for disparities in care

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PEDIAT 911 · Spring 2027

Ableism in Healthcare: Understanding the Problem to Improve Care

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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