Assistant Professor at UNC School of Medicine and pediatric neurologist at the Carolina Institute of Developmental Disabilities, Dr. Diana Cejas discusses how ableism impacts patients and physicians in this two-part episode. She explains how disability is more than pathology, and shares how the culture in medicine pressures physicians to hide their disabilities. Dr. Cejas calls for the improvement of disability awareness and representation in medicine.
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