Diversity and inclusion in healthcare

A guide to resources that will support you to provide inclusive care to patients with disability and/or neurodiversity.

Print and eBooks in the Austin Library catalogue

Print  books are available for loan for Austin Health and Mercy Hospital for Women (Heidelberg) staff and students. eBooks are available for Austin Health and Mercy Hospital for Women (Heidelberg) staff only. Refer to our Membership, collections & borrowing page for more information.

Journals in the Austin Library catalogue

Intellectual and Learning Disabilities

A collection of journals under the subject 'Intellectual and Learning Disabilities.'
 

Further resources

Quality hospital care for people with intellectual disabilities (Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University)

Framework for quality hospital care with four paths to select from: hospital staff, disability support staff, family and intellectual disabilities.

Communication Access and Inclusion Terminology Report (Speech Pathology Australia)

Makes recommendations on terminology used to refer to people who experience communication disability.
 

Disability Inclusive Health Services Toolkit (World Health Organization)

Guidance for healthcare providers on providing disability inclusive care and services.

People with Disability in Australia (AIHW)

Reports on experiences and outcomes for people with disability in Australia

Podcasts

ListenABLE

Hosts Dylan Alcott and Angus O’Loughlin speak to people living with disabilities about their lives and ask them the questions you thought were off-limits. This is a podcast for everyone - disabled or abled, and hopes to break down stigmas, change perceptions, and to challenge what you think it’s like to live with disability.

Docs with Disabilities 

Hosts Drs. Lisa Meeks, Peter Poullos and guests take a deeper dive into the experiences of health care providers with disabilities through critical conversations with the doctors, researchers, administrators, faculty and policy makers that work to ensure medicine remains an equal opportunity profession.

Austin Health resources

Disability Action Plan 2023-26

Disability and Accessibility - Austin Health (Austin staff access only)