Implicit bias towards people with disability in Australia (with Dr Chrissy Antonopoulos)

Bron speaks with Dr Chrissy Antonopoulos (psychologist and founder of Beyond Bias Consulting) about her PhD research on implicit bias towards people with disability in Australia. Chrissy shares how her lived experience of blindness led her to investigate the subtle and often invisible attitudes shaping workplace decisions, clinical interactions, and public policy.

They chat about: 
👉🏽 The difference between explicit and implicit bias
👉🏻 The Stereotype Content Model
👉 Participant's views of people with disability in terms of competence and warmth
👉🏿 What early-career clinicians can do to challenge implicit assumptions about people with disability

Guest: Dr Chrissy Antonopoulos - Psychologist

LINKS

• Chrissy's research paper discussed in the episode: Implicit bias towards people with disability in Australia: relationship with personal values
• Chrissy's consulting business, Beyond Bias Consulting
• Chrissy's Instagram @the_blind_psychologist

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CREDITS

Producer: Michael English

Music: Home

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