Episode 76: Dr. Kara Ayers
Docs With Disabilities
English - September 21, 2023 10:28 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Education doctors accommodations ada disability disabilityinclusion inclusion medicaleducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Interviewee: Dr. Kara Ayers
Interviewer: Peter Poullos, MD
Description: In this episode, Dr. Peter Poullos interview Dr. Kara Ayers disability researcher and associate director of the University of Cincinnati University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Together they discuss advocacy work, interprofessional collaboration, the language we use when describing marginalized communities and how ableism impacts the health outcomes and safety of our patients.
Resources: (1) Evolution of Disability Language (2) How to talk to kids about people with disabilities (3) @ThinkEquitable
Bio: Dr. Kara Ayers is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where she is also Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. She's co-founder of the Disabled Parenting Project. She's recently launched the National Center for Disability, Equity, and Intersectionality. Her research interests include health equity, disability ethics, and anti-ableism.
Produced by: Gabe Abrams, Jake Feeman and Lisa Meeks
Digital Media: Katie Sullivan
Keywords: disability, anti-ableism, disability ethics, disability mentorship, disability policy, health equity, intersectionality, docswithdisabilities, medical education.