Ep.115 - Disability Health Equity Explained

Health isn’t equal for everyone — and disability plays a major role in healthcare access worldwide. 🌍Discover how removing barriers can transform health outcomes, employment, and everyday life for millions. ♿✅ CEO and Founder Dahlia Shaewitz shares the mission of ThirdSight and advancing disability inclusion across industries✅ Defining disability health equity and why equal access means removing barriers — not creating special treatment✅ Exploring the World Health Organization Disability Health Equity Network and its global advocacy work✅ Breaking down the statistic that 1.3 billion people globally live with disabilities and what that means for healthcare systems✅ Understanding why people with disabilities face higher risks of chronic conditions and shorter life expectancy✅ Examining social determinants of health including transportation, housing, employment, and poverty✅ Highlighting how inaccessible healthcare facilities and digital systems delay or prevent essential medical care✅ Discussing how employment access impacts healthcare coverage and overall well-being✅ Explaining the power of universal design and why accessibility benefits entire communities✅ Sharing practical ways policymakers, organizations, and individuals can apply a disability-inclusive lensHealth equity starts with accessibility. When systems remove barriers for people with disabilities, they improve life for everyone. 🌍Website: https://www.thirdsightllc.com/Dahlia Shaewitz is the founder and CEO of Third Sight, LLC, where she leads innovative strategies for disability inclusion, workforce development, and leadership training. She has 30 years of experience directing complex projects to advance disability rights, adult literacy, educational leadership, and vocational rehabilitation, impacting both policy and grassroots leadership across sectors. She has designed and implemented training for leaders in adult education and vocational rehabilitation across the country on topics that include: leadership development, data quality and use, program improvement, disability inclusion, and quality assurance and risk management.Ms. Shaewitz provides strategic business development, education and workforce development, leadership development, executive coaching and staff management expertise to people, projects, and organizations ranging from the local to national arena. As an iPEC-certified executive leadership coach and trainer in MENTOR® — a leadership assessment tool that supports emerging leaders — she support leaders in examining their strengths and areas for growth. She also trains coaches and consultants in use of the MENTOR Leadership Assessment in support of leaders in community-based organizations, nonprofits, local and state government, and others who work to build an inclusive and equitable society.Recognized for her expertise in knowledge translation, Dahlia has published data analyses and policy briefs to inform policies and practices to improve employment outcomes for people with and without disabilities. Her leadership has been acknowledged internationally, and she is a sought-after executive coach and mentor, known for driving systems change and fostering authentic, inclusive workplaces.  In 2020, she was selected for inclusion in Many Facets: America's Women Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment published by the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE). She serves on the Prince George’s County Commission for Individuals with Disabilities. Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disability Employment Solutions ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ⓒ 2026 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PodPro Entertainment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SaveAsAbility #Ability #Inclusive #Inclusivity #LaborForce #Disability #DisabilityEmployment #ReasonableAccommodation #Accommodation #DisabilityHealthEquity #HealthEquity #TheNewRadio