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The Disability Equity Collaborative is the nation’s leading organization providing evidence-based knowledge, practical solutions, and tools to improve disability access in healthcare.
NEWS & EVENTS
Find out what our four workgroups are up to, get news from the field, access…
RESEARCH
To help primary care clinics improve quality of care for people with communication disabilities, the INTERACT study compared ways to improve communication between healthcare teams and people with communication disabilities.
DEC Leaders is a national collaboration of disability accessibility coordinators and people working in similar roles in healthcare organizations. If you are working on accessibility initiatives at your healthcare organization, join us!
“What the group is doing is extraordinarily valuable. Members have unique knowledge and perspectives to create practical solutions to complex problems.”
~ DEC Leaders member
FEATURED RESOURCES
DEC Implementation Guide: Documenting Disability Status in Electronic Health Records
The DEC Team, along with the Documentation workgroup, created an implementation guide for healthcare organizations to document disability status and accommodations in the EHR.
Healthcare Accommodations for People with Disabilities (PDF)
The DEC Leaders and Documentation workgroups developed this list of disability-related accommodations that can facilitate equitable access to high-quality care.
INTERACT Communication Tool
The PCORI-funded Interact Trial (PDF) team developed a free, publicly available communication tool for patients with communication disabilities to use with their clinicians.