Recognizing Ableism in Health Care Delivery and Developing Anti-Ableist Practices

Brief Overview
Although disability is included in most definitions of diversity, it is rarely fully integrated into diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. This presentation will introduce the diversity model of disability and Dr. Andrews will explore the concept of ableism. Attendees will learn how ableism operates implicitly and subtly, undermining efforts toward culturally competent healthcare and adversely affecting health outcomes in the disability community. Pertinent attitudes that affect the lived experiences of disabled people will be explored, including microaggressions. Clinically relevant suggestions for culturally competent care for persons with disabilities will be offered.

Presenter: Erin Andrews, PsyD 

Presenter Email: erin.andrews@austin.utexas.edu

Presenter Bio:
Erin E. Andrews, PsyD, ABPP is Board Certified in Rehabilitation Psychology. She is an affiliate faculty member of the Department of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin and has been with the Veterans Health Administration for 15 years. Dr. Andrews' areas of clinical and research interest include disability identity and cultural competence, disability inclusion in psychology training, sexual and reproductive rights of people with disabilities, disabled parenting, and reducing bias in disability language. She is the author of Disability as Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence, published in 2019 by Oxford University Press.
 

Learning Objectives:

1.       Recognize how ableism can operate implicitly and subtly. 

2.       Name two types of microaggressions toward people with disabilities.

3.       Describe one anti-ableist practice to promote culturally competent healthcare.

 
Accessibility statement: SF State Department of Counseling’s Equity and Justice – Focused Integrated Behavioral Health project welcomes persons with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations (including ASL interpretation) upon request. If you need reasonable accommodations for this event, please make your request by contacting Julie Chronister jchronis@sfsu.edu by Thursday 3/21/23
 

Continuing Education Information 
 

The Department of Counseling at San Francisco State University, an accredited post-secondary educational institution, maintains responsibility for the program and its content. Real-time attendance at this webinar has been approved for 1.0 hours of continuing education credit for LMFT, LPCC, and/or LCSW as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BPC 4980.54, 4989.34, 4996.22, 4999.76). Please direct concerns about this course or its content to Tiffany O’Shaughnessy, PhD taosh@sfsu.edu
 

There is no cost to attend this webinar. Participants licensed in California by the BBS desiring CEU credit for attending this webinar will be directed to sign in at the start of the webinar and will be required to provide an evaluation of the session directly following the webinar and verify their participation and attendance. CEU certificates will be emailed to participants who successfully complete both the sign in and evaluation process.