Kara Ayers
@DrKaraAyers
Professor, Researcher, Writer, Speaker, & Proud Mom & Wife with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Director @ThinkEquitable - Striving for change|Views are mine.
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http://www.centerfordignity.com 04-03-2008 21:27:28
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My favorite part of talking to Maya Feller MS,RD and Kavita Patel M.D. was that they asked me 0 personal questions. I didn’t get asked when I got diagnosed. I didn’t get asked what it looks like when I stim. I got treated like a professional, albeit one from a specific minority group.
The upcoming eclipse is not just a visual experience, it is sensory! For WBFO's Disabilities Beat led by Emyle Watkins ♿️, I visited the planetarium at Williamsville North School to explore eclipse materials available for students with vision disabilities. wbfo.org/local/2024-04-…
'Attitudes of Autistic Adults toward Genetic Testing for Autism' — Read it on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/37…
As a soon to be medical student and person with a disability, I
hope to echo and further what’s talked about in this podcast. Big thanks to The DocsWithDisabilities Initiative , Allison Kessler, MD , and AAMC for leading these efforts!
Kara Ayers Thank you for inviting me, it was a real pleasure. My project still has an open call for writing submissions : radical-guide.com/disabled-radic…
I can't thank Richard Amm ♿️🌍👨🦼 (richamm.bsky) enough for coming to our Disability Research Lab meeting today and giving us so many exciting things to think about. I just shared some of it with my afternoon students. Thanks for lighting our brains ablaze. I hope you feel better soon.
Grateful my colleague/friend Elizabeth Lanphier is chiming in on these discussions about health inequities resulting from the $$$$ of new treatments for sickle cell disease (and other conditions).