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This 1 hour, session explores how adults with disability can unintentionally be treated as though they are children within healthcare settings. While often well intentioned, this approach can impact dignity, autonomy, and a patient’s ability to participate meaningfully in their own care.
Drawing on extensive experience in the disability sector, this session highlights how these patterns show up in clinical interactions, particularly during times of stress, urgency, or complexity.
Participants will gain insight into how communication, tone, and decision making can either support or limit patient autonomy.
This session aims to promote awareness and practical change by providing simple, realistic strategies that can be applied immediately to support respectful, person centred care, even within time and system pressures.
This 1 hour, session explores how adults with disability can unintentionally be treated as though they are children within healthcare settings. While often well intentioned, this approach can impact dignity, autonomy, and a patient’s ability to participate meaningfully in their own care.
Drawing on extensive experience in the disability sector, this session highlights how these patterns show up in clinical interactions, particularly during times of stress, urgency, or complexity.
Participants will gain insight into how communication, tone, and decision making can either support or limit patient autonomy.
This session aims to promote awareness and practical change by providing simple, realistic strategies that can be applied immediately to support respectful, person centred care, even within time and system pressures.