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12 identity dimensions comparing the clinician and patient. Select a dimension, then hover a tier to read its description.
Race & skin tone: White / racialised as white
Race & skin tone: Mixed or context-dependent racialisation
Race & skin tone: Racially minoritised / exposed to racism
Race & skin tone
Gender: Cis men
Gender: Cis women / context-dependent
Gender: Trans, non-binary & intersex people
Gender
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Sexuality: Context-dependent visibility or acceptance
Sexuality: LGBQ+ / minoritised sexualities
Sexuality
Disability & access: Non-disabled / access needs routinely met
Disability & access: Episodic, less visible or partly accommodated
Disability & access: Disabled / access needs unmet
Disability
& access
Neurodivergence: Neurotypical / norms fit
Neurodivergence: Questioning, masked or partly accommodated
Neurodivergence: Neurodivergent / norms create barriers
Neurodivergence
Mental health: Well-supported / little stigma
Mental health: Fluctuating or privately managed
Mental health: Distress, diagnosis or stigma creates barriers
Mental health
Class & wealth: Financial security & generational resources
Class & wealth: Some security / limited buffer
Class & wealth: Financial precarity or poverty
Class & wealth
Housing: Secure, suitable housing
Housing: Renting, temporary or insecure tenure
Housing: Unsafe housing or homelessness
Housing
Education: Qualifications recognised by the institution
Education: Some access / qualifications not fully recognised
Education: Excluded from formal education or recognition
Education
Language: Fluent in the setting’s dominant language
Language: Multilingual / communication partly supported
Language: Dominant language inaccessible or unsupported
Language
Citizenship & migration: Secure status / full entitlements
Citizenship & migration: Conditional status or restricted entitlements
Citizenship & migration: Precarious status / no recourse / undocumented
Citizenship
& migration
Body size: Body fits dominant norms and environments
Body size: Some stigma or environmental mismatch
Body size: Size stigma and material access barriers
Body size
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