May 28 Closing Keynote: A Parent’s Perspective on Advocacy in Healthcare for People with Disabilities
Join us on May 28 at 3:45 PM for the e-Health 2024 Closing Keynote presentation.
Closing keynote speaker Tamara Taggart learned how to be an advocate out of necessity. When her son Beckett was born with Down syndrome, healthcare providers were negative and dismissive of his potential. When her son was three years old, Tamara received life-saving surgery, and a rare cancer diagnosis and the response from physicians was positive and encouraging—a stark contrast to what she heard when her beautiful baby boy was born.
Words, tone and basic kindness play a huge role in healthcare, especially when it comes to conquering the discrimination of disabled people in healthcare. Tamara will share her journey to healthcare advocacy and why we must all become advocates for positive change.
e-Health 2024 Closing Keynote presentation
- TOPIC A Parent’s Perspective on Advocacy in Healthcare for People with Disabilities
- SPEAKER Tamara Taggart, Mother, podcast host of TELUS Talks with Tamara Taggart, and volunteer President of Down syndrome BC
- MODERATOR Ian Lording, Vice President, Health Solutions & Operations, Canada Health Infoway
Meet all the e-Health 2024 Plenary Speakers here. Register for e-Health 2024 here.
