Excellence in Practice: Voices for Better Care

Effective Communication in Health Care for People with Intellectual Disability

National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health Season 1 Episode 2

Good communication is important for safe, respectful and effective healthcare. It’s important for healthcare professionals to learn how to improve their communication when working with people with intellectual disability.   

In this episode, we spoke to Nick Lennox, who is a member of the Centre’s council and an experienced clinician, professor and researcher who is currently the Senior Medical Advisor to the Primary Care Division of the Department of Health, Disability, and Aged Care.  

We also spoke to Beck Biddle, who is a member of the Centre’s Learn and Lead Group and has worked as a self-advocate for disability rights for over 10 years.  

Excellence in Practice: Voices for Better Care is a podcast by the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health (the Centre).

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Your hosts for this episode are Ricky Kremer and Raylene Griffiths.

This podcast includes artwork by Emily Crockford at Studio A.

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The Excellence in Practice: Voices for Better Care Podcast is intended for healthcare professionals, and the comments are of a general nature. The views, information or opinions expressed by individuals in these podcast episodes are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Centre.