"Anytime you have a default, anyone whose brain learns things, processes, communicates differently is going to feel othered. The idea with universal design is not having any defaults, and to have a menu to all people", says Dr. Mel Houser. Mel joins this episode to discuss universal design in healthcare, her non profit All Brains Belong VT, and what she wished medical school and medical training had taught her. To learn more about Dr. Houser and All Brains Belong VT visit https://allbrainsbelong.org. 

Thank you to TR Sun for their song “All Good” on todays episode.  if you would like to follow along or if your like me and seeing the lyrics make listening to music more accessible to you then check them out here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=422b205cf8817bf1&rls=en&sxsrf=AHTn8zqGPy2sjBLlA11mfLQjk4Kzu84YGg:1743872297655&q=&si=APYL9btOMaxI48tKjOYdlPW3RyBplN8gAQzBdTKkB2IKbJ7kM9T8RmW6e56f40nA_2X21d9mSrGLngPcOpmhvjtg5XNYJPcy7w8VeuhHph_MUnX-m-Qx_E-UjzSrmaCq_EexvqEOSFsU&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMmtfGrsGMAxW-q4kEHc9KPP8Qv_UKegQIKRAD&biw=1428&bih=734&dpr=2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Thank you very much to Amy Scurria for her opera piece "Inside" at the end of the episode. To learn more about Amy please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amyscurria.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ .

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