TY - JOUR
T1 - Include us: doctors with disability call the Royal Australasian College of Physicians to action
AU - Bernard, Sarah
AU - Teasdale, Natalie
AU - O'Reilly-Hawes, Jazmin
AU - Palipana, Dinesh
PY - 2023/6/22
Y1 - 2023/6/22
N2 - As disabled doctors, we welcome efforts by Australian professional bodies to actively include doctors with disability.1 This is needed. Stark employment disparities expose ableism in the medical workforce: one in six Australians has a disability, but the prevalence of disability in doctors is only 3%.2, 3 The discrimination driving this inequity is structural, embedded in institutions, systems and societal culture.2, 4 It creates barriers to participation, and intersects with discrimination based on other grounds such as race, indigeneity, gender identity and age.4, 5 Workplace inclusion for disabled doctors should be undertaken through a social model of disability framework. This is foundational to the disability rights and neurodiversity movements, emphasising the removal of external barriers such as inaccessible systems and stigmatising beliefs.
AB - As disabled doctors, we welcome efforts by Australian professional bodies to actively include doctors with disability.1 This is needed. Stark employment disparities expose ableism in the medical workforce: one in six Australians has a disability, but the prevalence of disability in doctors is only 3%.2, 3 The discrimination driving this inequity is structural, embedded in institutions, systems and societal culture.2, 4 It creates barriers to participation, and intersects with discrimination based on other grounds such as race, indigeneity, gender identity and age.4, 5 Workplace inclusion for disabled doctors should be undertaken through a social model of disability framework. This is foundational to the disability rights and neurodiversity movements, emphasising the removal of external barriers such as inaccessible systems and stigmatising beliefs.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85162688580&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/imj.16108
DO - 10.1111/imj.16108
M3 - Letter
C2 - 37349273
AN - SCOPUS:85162688580
SN - 1444-0903
VL - 53
SP - 1091
EP - 1092
JO - Internal Medicine Journal
JF - Internal Medicine Journal
IS - 6
ER -