Dr. Mel Houser
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315 appearances
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first heard Jul 2024
last heard Jul 2024
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like community health village of people coming together, looking for something different.
And just to think that the abysmal healthcare outcomes for neurodivergent people, to think that it has to be that way, it's just a failure of imagination.
Yeah, so my experience and you know, so I trained 15 years ago, I got a one hour lecture, it focused on the triad of impairments and
It's really the medical education system is stuck in the early 1900s.
I was explicitly taught that there was one correct way to develop.
It's interesting when I do trainings, you know, sometimes I talk about this with my now seven-year-old.
I'm going to go do a neuro-inclusive healthcare training.
What should I tell the people?
And my sweet little love, they were five at the time when we had this conversation.
And they say, mama, tell them there's no right way to be a person.
That's my baby.
That's the thing.
Healthcare, medical education actually believes that there is one linear, correct way to develop.
So when you ask me about barriers, I think that's important to name.
I think the medical model is a barrier to access.
I think that the way a professional sees you influences you.
your interactions.
If someone is viewing me through a deficit-based lens, my limbic system sounds the alarm.
You're not safe.
And there are so many patients who do not feel safe in healthcare environments and they're not wrong.
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