105: Panel Discussion Overcoming Assumptions, Creating Pipelines, and Filling the Gaps for the Future
Hosted By: Kala Simmons, La’Wanda Jenkins, Pablo Juarez and Alonzo Cheeks
Instructional Level: Introductory
We have learned optimism and options create opportunities for improving happiness. Barriers such as assumptions and stereotypes have made connecting to the community for persons with IDD challenging. But by connecting and contributing to other persons and their community of choice, persons find happiness. We have discovered creating a pipeline between individuals, resources, and existing systems is critical to an inclusive culture. The impact of inclusion and a caregiver’s performance effects one’s response to healthcare treatment from birth to aging. We have learned strengthening the infrastructure and capacity of systems to integrate physical and mental healthcare to promote prevention of issues and overall health in persons with IDD plays an important part in overall quality of life. Including communication style and preferences are two areas to examine more closely. Our goals for finding “my place in this world” need to include responding to gaps in care. The panel will address questions related to finding this place and the pursuit of happiness.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn what the most difficult assumptions to overcome are and steps to overcome them.
- Be able to compare various transdisciplinary practices’ effectiveness in connecting to general healthcare resources
- Identify the primary gaps in current system resources for creating cultural inclusion
