Communicating Clearly with People Who Have Disabilities (HLOL #267)

Tamara Huntley is a licensed social worker and passionate advocate for individuals with disabilities. Born with cerebral palsy, Tamara serves as the Self-Advocacy Liaison for the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council and contributes to research through Brandeis University’s Bridges Project. Tamara is a widow and proud single mother of two. Professionally and personally, Tamara’s commitment is to create a more inclusive world.

Joanne Nicholson, PhD is a clinical and research psychologist, Professor at the Institute for Behavioral Health at Brandeis University, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the UMass Chan Medical School. Joanne’s research focuses on interventions, services, and support for families living with behavioral health conditions and disability. Joanne always partners with whose who bring lived experience. For the Bridges Project, her partners include a team of mothers living with intellectual and development disabilities.

Listen as Tamara Huntley and Joanne Nicholson talk with Helen Osborne about:

• Disabilities can include people with intellectual, physical and mental health challenges. Often, disabilities affect communication.
• Recommendations about ways to communicate clearly and respectfully with people who have disabilities.
• The value to everyone when partnering with people who bring lived experience whether in clinical care, research, or community settings.

More Ways to Learn:

• “Mothers with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and Behavioral Health Conditions and Community Experts Provide Recommendations for Treatment/Services, Systems, and Research.” By Nicholson J, Mazel S, Faughnan K, Silverman A. Int J Environ Res Public Health, May 19, 2023.
• Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC)

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. All the chapters about “Know Your Audience” are relevant to this podcast.

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