STA172: ’What You Weren’t Taught About Communication’ with guest Alistair Beverley

'Keeping Your Hair On: What You Weren't Taught About Communication' - Our countdown to Therapy Expo 2023 continues, chatting LIVE with speakers who will be presenting in the STA Update Theatre. In this episode, special guest Alistair Beverley of theLDphysio.com talks to us about his presentation 'Keeping Your Hair On: What You Weren't Taught About Communication' that is happening in the STA Theatre at Therapy Expo , 12.15pm on Day 2. Alistair was a guest on Ep.137 of Sports Therapy Association Podcast back in February: ’Healthcare for People with Learning Disabilities’. It's a hugely insightful epiode that we wholeheartedly recommend everyone either watches on YouTube or listens to on any popular podcast app.  Topics Discussed In This Episode: 0:00 Intro 2:17 Reminder of previous episode 'Functional Flexibiity' with guest Sonia Fierro of 'Recover Stronger' 4:11 Details of Alistair Beverley at Therapy Expo 2023 4:55 Welcome Alistair Beverley 8:32 Alistair's presentation at Therapy Expo 2022 - 'Diagnostic Overshadowing - When The Incorrect Diagnosis Can Kill' 10:34 Alistair's personal experience with his younger brother Jon, who tragically died in 2020 due to diagnostic overshadowing. 13:17 Diagnosis Overshadowing is not something that only affects people with Learning/Intellectual Disability 14:25 Focus on Alistair's presentation at Therapy Expo 2023: 'Keeping Your Hair On: What You Weren't Taught About Communication' - STA Theatre at Therapy Expo , 12.15pm on Day 2. 28:00 Poor communication due to the 'fixer' mentality across healthcare 37:00 Empathy and Active Listening 50:00 Misconceptions about people with Learning/Intellectual Disabilities 56:10 Alistair Beverley's website: theLDPhysio.com - Read The Blog! Useful Links: Alistair Beverley on Twitter: @theLDphysio Alistair Beverley on Instagram: @_theLDphysio_ Alistair Beverley on Facebook: @TheLDphysio Alistair Beverley on TikTok: @_theldphysio_ Our sincere thanks to Alistair Beverley for giving up his time to be a guest on the show! Want to join the live recordings? Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available. Please Support Our Podcast! If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes. Questions? Email: [email protected]