Creating 'Ramps' to Communication Access in Health Care

SLP Elissa Larkin shares three stories showing how communication strategies--like using communication boards and acknowledging patient competence--help patients access health care.A research speech-language pathologist and a bioethicist at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Larkin is the mind behind the Communication Champions interprofessional training program, where she leads courses aimed at improving communication access. On the podcast, she shares how you can be a communication access leader for your colleagues where you work.Learn More:ASHA's Communication Access InitiativeWhy Value-Based Care Can Open Lines of Communication AccessBuilding AAC Capacity to Foster Communication InclusionTranscript