Advocacy Experts Publish
"It Takes More than Ramps to Solve the Crisis of Healthcare for People with Disabilities"
The report "It Takes More than Ramps to Solve the Crisis of Healthcare for People with Disabilities" explores the extent to which people with disabilities experience problems and face barriers receiving healthcare services and analyzes their root causes. In addition, this report aims to create a better understanding of how the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which calls for architectural accessibility in healthcare settings, also serves as a guide for providing safe, patient-centered, culturally competent healthcare for people with disabilities. The report makes extensive recommendations for key stakeholder groups in order to spark reforms in the current inadequate approach to healthcare delivery for people with disabilities.
Download the whitepaper (PDF)
This whitepaper was authored by:
Judy Panko Reis, MA, MS,
Director, Women with Disabilities Center,
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Mary Lou Breslin, MA,
Senior Policy Advisor,
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc,
Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School,
Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center,
Medical Director
Kristi L. Kirschner, MD,
Director, The Donnelley Disabilities Ethics Program,
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago