🌟 Medical Students with Disabilities: Breaking Barriers & Adding Value Being a med student is tough. Being a med student with a disability is tougher. #Disability doesn’t mean inability. It means resilience and perspective that enriches patient care. @docswithdisability.bsky.social

DYK that individuals who are blind or visually impaired often face significant barriers when accessing healthcare? Healthcare providers need to prioritize practices that ensure accessible services for everyone. This includes accessible info and telehealth. #AccessibilityMatters #BlindAwareness

🌴🐾 Bringing a Service Animal to Hawaii: What You Need to Know🐾🌴 1. Certification: Done by a vet or institution. 2. Health Requirements: Rabies titer + vaccinations 3. Inspection: The service animal will undergo an inspection at the Honolulu airport. #Disability

I wanted to love Hawaii. But they won’t let me bring my service dog.

Just talked to the Creighton residents about Psychological Safety and how it relates to #Disability in Medicine! We need to have more conversations like this to break down the toxic "culture of strength" in #MedEd! @docswithdisability.bsky.social

⚠️ Rideshare service denial (again) ⚠️ It's dangerously cold, so I scheduled a rideshare instead of walking home. Made a note in my reservation that I have a service animal. Waited 20 minutes. Driver would not let me in b/c of my dog and became hostile. Walked home. Not OK. #Disability #ADA

Seeing as I’ve recently gotten you into fantasy…Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, and Graceling by Kristin Cashore!

If you haven't encountered @celialake.bsky.social 's books, you're in for a treat! 30some books w capable, competent, eagerly creative folks with a range of abilities finding ways to keep on keeping on in the face of everything from war to outraged inlaws to exasperating architecture. celialake.com

📖 🎧 📚 In literature, people with disabilities often fit into these tropes. 1) An oracle or sage 2) A villain 3) A pitiable figure Rarely are they developed characters with depth. Any book recommendations where a protagonist has a #Disability and doesn't fit these tropes??

❄️ Snowy day here in Omaha ❄️ Reminder to clear your sidewalks. People with disabilities often rely on safe walkways for transportation. #Disability

Sometimes, people are surprised when they see me present. How can I present a powerpoint and be #Blind? Here's what I have to do: 1) Memorize the order of my slides or use large marker images 2) Memorize each slide 3) Hope my slide count isn't off 😓 #Disability

🦮 🦮 Guide Dogs 101 🦮🦮 All guide dogs are service animals, but not all service animals are guide dogs. Guide dog training consists of 🐶 1 year with a puppy raiser 🏫 1 year at an accredited school ❤️ 1 month with their matched handler Basically, they are whizzes at Guide Dogology. 🤓 #Disability

Dr. Gia is watching the #PuppyBowl! She was excited to see that there were two dogs competing that had visual impairment. Way to represent dogs with disabilities!

👇 👇 👇 Recent study by CDC ☑️ Adults with disabilities reported mental distress 4.6 times as often as those without disabilities. ☑️ More than half of all adults with both cognitive and mobility disabilities reported mental distress. #Disability #MentalHealthMatters www.cdc.gov/disability-a...

💃 ☕ Would you dance for free coffee? ☕ 💃 I would! Milano Cafe in Middleborough, Massachusetts, gained widespread attention after introducing a unique promotion: customers who dance upon entering receive a free coffee. go.unmc.edu/it0x

I have the experience of living is both the non-disabled and disabled world and have an observation. 👵Before #Disability, new acquaintances would talk to me. 🦮After disability, people talk to my guide dog or talk to me about my guide dog Let's discuss.

📢 Include #Disability in #MedEd! 📢 Over 1 billion people worldwide live with a disability. Medical education lacks training on #InclusiveHealthcare. This gap leads to misunderstandings, inaccessible healthcare, and poorer health outcomes. 🔄 Share and tag a MedEd leader! #DisabilityInMedicine

🔠 **Make Your Hashtags Accessible!** 🔠 DYK that capitalizing the first letter of each word in your hashtags makes them easier to read for everyone, especially people using screen readers? ✅ **Use**: #SocialMediaTips ❌ **Avoid**: #socialmediatips #AccessibilityMatters #Disability

New BHECN Project PEACE modules now available! @drmarleydoyle.bsky.social www.unmc.edu/bhecn/progra...

👩‍⚕️✨ **Happy National Women Physicians Day!** ✨👩‍⚕️ Today, we celebrate the incredible contributions of women in medicine—the trailblazers, the healers, the mentors, and the future leaders. 💙 Tag a woman physician who inspires you! @kazjnelson.bsky.social #WomenPhysiciansDay #WomenInMedicine

👨‍🦽 🧏‍♂️ 👨‍🦯 😷 To the #Disability community, Our existence is resistance. Keep showing up. Keep striving. Keep living. ❤️ 💝 💙

We need a better community for professionals with disabilities. Any ideas?

In #MedEd, we are taught to work hard, and never complain or ask for anything. Needs = weakness.💪 But we are not robots. 🤖 Here's the irony: The thing that makes me "dysfunctional" (#Blindness) is the thing that makes me a better doctor. 🤔 #Disability @docswithdisability.bsky.social

"Do not wait for someone else to come and speak for you. It's you who can change the world." — Malala Yousafzai This quote reminds me of why it is important to elevate the voices of people with disabilities so we can change perceptions and advocate for #EqualRights. #Disability #Accessibility

🎉 Finally! Scrubs that are designed for pregnant and nursing healthcare workers! Major props to the 2 female Physicians who designed them and started the business! 👏 www.kshb.com/news/local-n...

A new job. Biggest take away though. 1 in 5 adults have a disability. We are just as valuable as employees as anyone else. Often the reasonable adjustments we need help the rest of the workforce as well.

Qualified. Just because a person has a disability doesn’t mean they do not have the education or expertise to do a job.

✨ What is the value of people with disabilities in the workplace? ✨ 1) Resilience: We know how to overcome challenges. 2) Creativity: We can solve problems. 3) Perspective: We see things from different angles. 4) Empathy: We get it. What am I missing? #DisabilitySky #pwd #Accessibility

Evidence of doctors' ableism so it can't be gaslit away by defensive medics (NOT targeted at good, non-ableist #doctors. I know you have a hard job, with ever-reduced funds and increased workloads. It's the sexist/racist/ableist medics I take issue with bsky.app/profile/drma...) Change is needed NOW

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you are rocking it today! You got this 💪

I have to share this because it's unusual. I had a positive (?!) experience with ridesharing yesterday. The driver did not deny me service and was friendly. (He did pet Gia, so not perfect). Is this how most people experience ridesharing? Without hostility and discrimination? #DisabilitySky

What does the #DEI Executive Order say? It's bad, but it does not reverse the #ADA. This order mandates the termination of all DEI and related initiatives within federal agencies. It directs several offices to coordinate the elimination of DEI programs, policies, and positions. go.unmc.edu/qezh

We're entering a dark period in US #accessibility. The White House home page has a bunch of links with "aria-hidden" and "tabindex=-1". This hides the links from assistive tech like screen readers & makes them unreachable with just a keyboard. Critical #WCAG compliance errors! But who can sue?

It's been a long time since I even bothered filing with the DOJ. They saw merit in my complaintes but didn't prioritize them enough to take the case. I've had slightly more success at the state level (NY). Also they have just frozen the DOJ Civil Rights Divisions activities.

⚖️ ⚖️ ⚖️ OK, now we all know what the #ADA mandates. But.......is the law being followed? 🤔 I would love to hear what #DisabilitySky has to say! #EqualRights #Accessibility @imanibarbarin.bsky.social @sfdirewolf.bsky.social @lizhare.bsky.social @ndrnadvocates.bsky.social

🤓 #ADA 101: Miscellaneous Provisions 📖 TItle 5 Includes guidelines for implementing the ADA, protections against retaliation for asserting ADA rights, and clarifications on the relationship between the ADA and other laws. #Disability #EqualRights #Accessibility

☎️ #ADA 101: Telecommunications 🦻 Title IV - ✴️ Mandates telephone and internet companies provide accessible communication services, such as relay services for individuals with hearing or speech impairments. #Disability #Accessibility #EqualRights

🏬 #ADA 101: Public Accommodations 🍽️ Title III ✔️ Requires businesses and nonprofit organizations that serve the public (e.g., restaurants, hotels, stores) to make their facilities accessible. ✔️ Mandates reasonable modifications to policies and removing physical barriers when possible. #Disability

🤓 #ADA 101: Public Services Title 2/5 ☑️ Ensures that state and local government services, programs, and activities are accessible to people with disabilities. 🚇 This includes public transportation systems and facilities. #Disability #EqualRights #Accessibility

🤓 #ADA 101 📖 Title I/5 - Employment ❇️ Prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application processes, hiring, firing, promotions, etc ❇️ Employers with 15+ must provide reasonable accommodations unless doing so causes undue hardship. #Disability #EqualRights

🌟 What exactly is the Americans with Disabilities Act (#ADA)? 🌟 Enacted in 1990, this landmark civil rights legislation protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination and champions #accessibility, inclusion, and equal rights in public life. #EqualRights #Disability

Breaking Free from Internalized #Ableism For so long, I believed I had to minimize my #Disability to be worthy. This belief came from a world that often equates worth with ability. You are not alone. You are worthy, just as you are. #SelfLoveJourney

🌟 Did you know? 🦮 Approximately 39 million people worldwide are completely blind, and 253 million experience significant visual impairment. Let’s celebrate resilience and work toward a more inclusive world. 💙 #Disability #DisabilitySky

Disability rights are human rights—needless to say, yet still necessary to say. #Disability #HumanRights #SDGs #HumanRights #Equity #Poverty #Accessibility #WeAreBillionStrong #AXSChat

❄️ 🥶 ❄️ Did you know there are health benefits to cold weather? From improved mental clarity to reduced inflammation, there is a sunny side to these freezing temperatures. #StayWarm #WinterIsHere www.ktalnews.com/lovingliving...

When someone asks for an accommodation, they are not asking for a favor. 🫶

@docswithdisability.bsky.social Is also here!

🌟 January is National Mentoring Month! 🌟 I have some fantastic mentors, but NEVER one with a #Disability. How are students supposed to visualize themselves in careers if they look around and don't see anyone like them? #NationalMentoringMonth #MentorshipMatters #Inclusion

My kids have been vocal about their annoyance towards audio descriptions. So I felt very vindicated when my daughter said “These are actually helpful and you can do other things while you are watching.” Yes, honey. It’s called Universal design. What’s good for asmall group is often good for all.