The March DHERN newsletter is now available on our website! asi.syr.edu/disability-hea…

Thank you to Disability & Philanthropy Forum and the amazing Emily Ladau for this important conversation! Philanthropy cannot advance equity and justice without investing in disability equity research and disabled scholars doing this work!

We are thrilled to support this Stanford Medicine ADIE event and encourage others to attend.

A Bonnielin Swenor PhD keynote 🔥
#DocsWithDisabilities podcast recording 🎙️
The DocsWithDisabilities Initiative researchers and 📊📈

Congrats to all including Zoie Clarise Sheets, MD, MPH Chris Moreland Lisa M Meeks, PhD, MA Karina Pereira-Lima and Rylee…

So proud of these change-makers. I cannot say enough about the bravery they have shown to pave a path not just for themselves, but for the many disabled trainees that come after them💜 Equal Access in Science and Medicine (EASM) Nicole Pannullo Erica Avery (she/hers) Anna Moyer Alexandra DiTommaso

Disability advocates spoke and the U.S. Census Bureau listened.

Dropping this proposal preserves data and allows us to effectively allocate resources to the disability community.
npr.org/2024/02/06/122…

We have carefully reviewed public feedback on proposed revisions to #AmericanCommunitySurvey questions.

In his latest blog, Robert L. Santos Santos provides an update, particularly as it relates to disability content.

➡️ census.gov/newsroom/blogs…

NCHS

Another 'pinch me' moment, seeing my name alongside Dr. Lara Varpio kevineva72 and Yoon Soo Park.

I am so honored and so excited to engage with these professionals and so many #DocsWithDisabilities at Association for the Study of Medical Education 2024 where I'll dive into #AccessInMedicine and…

Today @USCensusBureau listened to the disability community! After 12,000 advocates wrote in, the Census Bureau announced it will halt proposed changes to the disability section of the American Community Survey that would've undercounted disabled people. Our advocacy is powerful.

I applaud U.S. Census Bureau for taking the recommendations of the disability community seriously and acting on our recommendations. No changes to the disability questions to be proposed in Spring and new plans for robust engagement! #disabilityinclusion census.gov/newsroom/blogs…

This is a great short term victory. We celebrate that the Census Bureau is not going to use worse disability questions in the ACS survey that increase the inequity experienced by our community. But the long-term goal remains: we need more equitable disability questions.

HUGE WIN: The Census has announced they will not make changes to the disability questions in 2025 and will pursue additional engagement with the disability community: census.gov/newsroom/blogs… (h/t Bonnielin Swenor PhD)

Hugely important new report out today from Bonnielin Swenor PhD Scott Landes & Jean Hall on why the Census changes to the disability measures should not proceed: drive.google.com/file/d/1LGLHZX… #DisabilityTwitter

The first featured article from Disability & Health Journal of 2024 compares the American Community Survey and Washington Group disability measures. Scott Landes Bonnielin Swenor PhD Read on: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

NEW: The Census Bureau says the majority of the more than 12,000 public comments it received about proposed changes to its American Community Survey cited concerns over changing the disability questions. The comments are posted here: regulations.gov/docket/USBC-20…

Beware. There is an argument circulating that the Washington Group functional limitation questions are a better way to measure disability in Census data to the effect: the use of a scale is great because it gives you the ability to decide which responses are counted as disabled.