Confronting Racist Ableism in Professional Practice

Supporting Health, Inclusion, and Equity (SHiNE©)

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada (2022), 1 in every 37 children have an autism diagnosis. This doesn't tell the story of young adults diagnosed with autism in adulthood, or aging autistic adults with other disabilities. Unfortunately, life and health look vastly different for autistic people compared to their non-autistic peers. And when it comes to the social determinants of health (SDH), disabled people (including autistic adults with intellectual disabilities) have a far worse quality of life (CDC, 2019).

Even more disturbing is the fact that professional service providers (education, health, and social service professionals) tasked with reducing these SDH inequities, have very few resources to address gaps and confront systemic inequities effectively. For more and more neurodiverse people with and without intellectual disabilities, these gaps are a result of racist ableism. We need to do something about it.

Welcome to Supporting Health INclusion and Equity (SHiNE©).

SHiNE© Areas of Focus:

Understanding Racist Ableism

Advancing Professional Advocacy

Cultural Accountability & Humility

Meeting the (Neuro) Diverse Needs of Youth & Young Adults

Mitigating Bias and Disability Stereotypes

Intersectional Approaches to Anti-Ableism

WHY SHiNE©:

SHiNE© is facilitated by people with lived experiences, disability justice specialists, community educators, and community researchers.

Completing this 5-part SHiNE© series will equip you with the knowledge and skills to:

• Recognize and address systemic disability barriers
• Embed cultural accountability and humility in your professional practice
• Advocate for students/clients/families by using anti-racist and anti-ableist practices
• Confront racist ableism in practice
• Empower equitable collaborations with clients, students, families, and carers
• Utilize resources that support your anti-oppressive equity work

As research, experiences, and circumstances change, it is important that this training is revisited , and this course is recommended every 2 years.

COST:

$254.25 + HST/person/session

$1017 +HST for all 5 sessions PLUS 1 make up session.

SHiNE© Summer Session:

Tuesday June 25th 6pm-815pm (Intro to Intersectionality through a Disability Lens)

Tuesday July 2nd 6pm-815pm (Implicit Bias & Professional Accountability)

Tuesday July 16th 6pm-815pm (Confronting Racist Ableism)

Tuesday July 23rd 6pm-815pm (Pedagogy of Personhood & Neuro-affirming Practices)

Tuesday July 30th 6pm-815pm (Social Determinants of Health & Professional Advocacy)

Tuesday Aug 6th 6pm-815pm (make up session)