Book Title: Enabling Accessible Healthcare Delivery
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Book Description: This Pressbook is a free, open-access resource on accessible and inclusive healthcare, centering the expertise of disabled, Deaf, and mad people. It includes multimedia content, curriculum materials, and guided learning activities to support students, independent learners, and educators. Originally piloted at Toronto Metropolitan University, this resource can be used as a standalone learning tool, a curriculum guide, or a model for community-based healthcare education.
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Book Description
This Pressbook is an Open Educational Resource (OER) designed to support accessible and inclusive healthcare education by centering the expertise of disabled, Deaf, and mad people. Developed in collaboration with researchers, educators, and disability communities, it offers text-based curriculum, multimedia resources, and interactive activities to guide learners through key concepts in disability justice, critical access, and healthcare accessibility.
This resource was piloted at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2024, where students engaged in community visits with disabled, Deaf, and mad Community Hosts. For learners and institutions without the capacity for in-person visits, this Pressbook includes recorded conversations, a mini-documentary, and podcasts that explore accessibility in healthcare from lived-experience perspectives.
his Pressbook can be used:
- As a full learning resource for students and independent learners
- As curriculum for educators incorporating accessibility-focused content
- As a guide for running a course centered on community visits
For more on how to use this resource, see How to Use This Pressbook.
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Enabling Accessible Healthcare Delivery Copyright © 2025 by Toronto Metropolitan University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Disability: social aspects
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Enabling Accessible Healthcare Delivery Copyright © 2025 by Toronto Metropolitan University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
© 2025 Toronto Metropolitan University
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This open textbook is available in multiple formats free of charge. A printed version can be purchased at cost through the Toronto Metropolitan University Campus Store or Copyrite.