June
Isaacson Kailes,
(www.jik.com) is a Disability Policy Consultant and the Associate
Director and
Adjunct Associate Professor at Harris Family Center
for Disability and Health Policy at Western University of
Health Sciences,
Pomona, California. Her breadth and depth of experience in
disability and
access and functional needs issues as a writer, trainer, researcher,
policy
analyst, subject matter expert, and advocate is widely known and
respected.
June’s
focuses encompass
working as a contractor with a variety of health facilities, health
plans,
government projects and other consulting firms to build actionable
disability
competencies into the world of health care. These projects include work
with
Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers: on Aging with a
Disability, Managed
Care and Disability, Health and Wellness and Disability, National
Center of
Physical Activity and Disability and the Rehabilitation
Engineering
Research Center on Accessible Medical Instrumentation, and the Access
Board.
She
also works as a co-developer
of the Disability-Competent
Care Self-Assessment Tool, Webinar
Series: Training in Disability-Competent Care and Supports
and Defining
and Delivering Disability-Competent Care. She
delivers workshops on developing disability
competencies in health care covering the demographics of disability
populations
(prevalence, causes, function versus diagnosis, employment rates, and
health
disparities) compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
(attitudinal,
communication, physical, medical equipment and programmatic access),
care
coordination and long term support services, and stakeholder engagement.
June
publishes
extensively on health issues related to people with disabilities and
others
with access and functional needs. A few of her frequently used and
cited
publications and materials include:
jik@pacbell.net