Negotiating legitimacy and belonging: Disabled students' and practitioners' experience.
Tal JarusTerry KrupaYael MayerAlfiya BattalovaLaura Yvonne BulkMichael LeeLaura NimmonEarllene RobertsPublished in: Medical education (2022)
If we are to commit to health practitioners and students with disabilities experiencing an overall sense of legitimacy and belonging, priority needs to be given to system-level practices and policies to support inclusion. Attention to the day-to-day marginalisation of students and practitioners with disabilities in the health professions is also needed. Additionally, inclusive and transparent delineation of competency requirements is needed. Finally, educational actions are needed to increase understanding of disability in the health professions, with particular attention to promoting social relations that foster collective responsibility for supporting inclusion.