Resource Toolkit for Core Competencies on Disability for Health Care Education

My organization has supported the Competencies. What’s next?

We encourage those who have expressed support of the Competencies to share this information with their employees, partners, stakeholders, or others through an announcement or press release. You may use the suggested language contained in the following document or customize your own.

Please see the Toolkit below for documents that provide more information about health disparities for people with disabilities and the need for educational standards, the Core Competencies on Disability for Health Care Education, and use of the Delphi method to gain consensus on these standards. These resources can be helpful in making the case to organizational leadership or committees to provide an official endorsement of the competencies.

Toolkit to help make the case for organizational/agency support:

  1. Publication – Core Competencies on Disability for Health Care Education
  2. Fact Sheet- Fact Sheet -The Need for Disability Standards in Healthcare Education 2026 (download)
  3. PowerPoint Slides – Information about Competencies, Consensus, and a Call to Action (download)
  4. Disability Impacts All of Us Infographic (CDC, 2026)
  5. Crosswalk table- Alignment of IPEC and Disability Core Competencies (download)
  6. Infographic:

Barriers to Health Care for People with Disabilities

An upside down pyramid showing the four primary barriers to healthcare for people with disabilities.

Barriers to Health Care for People with Disabilities Infographic Breakdown

  • Absence of disability standards in provider training
  • Insufficient data on the health of people with disabilities
  • Lack of inclusive health promotion programs

  • Scheduling constraints
  • Payment and/or reimbursement issues
  • Lack of age appropriate services and supports

  • Inaccessible office and equipment
  • Lack of staff training
  • Communication barriers

  • Lack of disability training
  • Poor attitudes
  • Incomplete knowledge of care coordination

Want to know who else has shown support?

Organizational announcement- Competencies Promise to Reduce Health Care Disparities for Millions of Americans with Disabilities (download)

Contact Zoe.Wenk@osumc.edu if you have questions about these resources or need accommodations to fully participate in this activity.

Logo- Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education                                The Ohio Disability and Health Partnership Logo. Black letters with teal accents and four cartoon people with various disabilities.