ASCO DCCC Town Hall Sponsored by VSP Vision - Working with People with Disabilities: Providing Quality Care for People Who are Often Marginalized – Now Available

ASCO DCCC Town Hall Sponsored by VSP Vision - Working with People with Disabilities:
Providing Quality Care for People Who are Often Marginalized – Now Available

We are pleased to announce that the ASCO’s Diversity and Cultural Competency Committee’s Town Hall on Working with People with Disabilities: Providing Quality Care for People Who are Often Marginalized recording is now available. 

This session was held February 25, 2022 and focused on the challenges people with disabilities experience when accessing comprehensive eye care. The World Report on Vision and the Convention on the Rights for Persons with Disabilities highlight that persons with disabilities are entitled to the same level of care as their physical and neurotypical peers; however, many research articles have documented the gaps in accessing the same equitable levels of care. A recent survey of primary care physicians revealed that general discomfort exists when caring for patients with disabilities, and, though this study didn’t survey optometrists specifically, the sentiment is likely the same. Lisa Noble, an Illinois Special Olympics athlete, shared her experiences about the barriers and facilitators in receiving quality health care. Dr. Sandra Block highlighted several hurdles that need to be addressed within optometric educational programs.

Click here to view the recording. For more information, contact LaShawn Sidbury Duckett, Director of Meetings and Special Interest Groups, at lsidbury@opted.org.

A special thank you to VSP Vision for their generous support of this program.