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Enhancing Health Care for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the inequities of the health care system that exist for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). For many people with IDD and caregivers, receiving care in a hospital setting has always been a challenging experience. We know that training in this area is lacking. Education and experiential learning for health care professionals is essential to addressing these challenges.
The Arc Massachusetts, The Arc Oregon, and The Arc’s national office have partnered to develop a web-based, culturally competent training and toolkit for emergency medical personnel. The goal is to support equal access to emergency health care for people with IDD by educating health care providers working in hospital emergency departments. This webinar will provide an overview of training materials that can be used to educate health care professionals in hospital settings and ways to engage these professionals.