Amanda Frier

Mandy is the manager of CheckUP’s ‘Access for All – Disability Awareness for Mainstream Health Providers’ project, funded by the NDIA. She is a health professional with the PhD on the social determinants of health. Her background in nutrition and dietetics and lived experience of disability have seen her on the giving and receiving ends of healthcare. This parallel exposure to healthcare for people with disability has helped her appreciate the importance of disability awareness among health providers. Mandy believes creating awareness of the barriers experienced by people with disability when accessing healthcare is a preliminary but necessary step towards improving healthcare access and inclusion for people with disability.