Access to Health Care Initiative
Access to Health Care for People with Disabilities
Decades after federal law required health care to be accessible, people with disabilities continue to report widespread barriers and pervasive discrimination. In 2024, FISA Foundation launched an initiative to shed light on the barriers and issues that people with disabilities encounter in health-care settings. As part of this initiative, FISA Foundation has commissioned a report and video series centering the voices and experiences of people with disabilities in receiving quality, patient-centered care. View the navigation menu below to click on links to different materials and events from this initiative.
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A Far Cry From Fair: Health-care Access for People with Disabilities
FISA Foundation commissioned researchers from the University of Pittsburgh to write a report on barriers to health care that people with disabilities encounter. After conducting interviews with patients with disabilities and pulling form scholarly literature, the authors present the multitude of barriers to quality health care that people with disabilities say they face.
Download the Report Here: A Far Cry from Fair: Health-care access for people with disabilities
A Far Cry From Fair: Health-care Access for People with Disabilities, Large Print
FISA Foundation’s “A Fair Cry From Fair: Health-care Access for People with Disabilities” report is also available in braille. To request this, call 412-456-5550 or email us, info@fisafoundation.org.
Executive Summary and Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet: Access Barriers to Health Care for People with Disabilities
Fact Sheet: Discrimination and Bias in Healthcare and Its Impact on People with Disabilities
Fact Sheet: Financial Barriers for People with Disabilities in Health Care
BEST PRACTICES to make health care accessible to people with disabilities
Centering the Voices of People with Disabilities
“I want them [healthcare providers] to see me and not be overshadowed by my disability”
FISA Foundation commissioned a series of video interviews to center the experiences of people with disabilities in accessing health care. The videos illustrate the barriers they have encountered in receiving health care and their desire for more equitable, patient-centered care. Watch the short clips below.