Thank you for making SMADIE 2026 such an incredible success. This year, we welcomed nearly 1,900 participants from 54+ countries worldwide. We are deeply grateful to our speakers, volunteers, staff, and attendees for helping build a more accessible and equitable future in healthcare and medicine.

He rolls in. The message lands. Ken and Pete on accessibility in healthcare. With the conference this Saturday, now is the time to join the conversation. Free to attend; donations support accessibility efforts. Saturday, April 25, 2026 8:00 AM – 3:20 PM PT Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

We're just 9 days away! Meet Arezo Ahmadi, UCSF medical student and #SMADIE2026 speaker. She’ll share insights on Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) medical education and why disability inclusion matters in healthcare. Join us on April 25th, 2026. Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

We’re just two weeks away from SMADIE’s Seventh Annual Stanford Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine on April 25, 2026. Join us for over 25 engaging sessions featuring incredible speakers and timely conversations. Register here: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

Keynote: Disability is the Connective Tissue How can disability reshape medical culture? Join us on April 25, 2:40 PM PT Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

Keynote: Make Your Ideas Stick How can we better engage audiences and inspire accessibility in healthcare? Join us on April 25, 10:45 AM PT Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

Session 6: Innovations in Advancing Disability Inclusion in Medical Education How can we better advance disability inclusion in training? Join us on April 25, 1:45 PM PT Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

Session 5: How can we better support learners across training and practice? Join us April 25, 12:55 PM PT Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

Hear directly from one of our keynote speakers, Rishika Kartik (@rishikakstudio). Join us for the 2026 SMADIE Conference. Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026 Time: 8:00 AM – 3:45 PM PT Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

Session 4: Mentorship and Community Support How can we better support disabled trainees and clinicians in healthcare? Join us on April 25, 11:50 AM PT Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

Session 3: Justice-Oriented Changes to Healthcare Culture Exploring how healthcare can move toward real, structural change. Join us April 25, 9:50 AM PT Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

Session 2: Featuring voices across medicine, research, and advocacy, this session explores how disability intersects with race, gender, and identity, and what that means for more inclusive healthcare. April 25 at 8:50 AM PT Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

Session 1: Advocacy and Policy Featuring leaders in disability rights, law, and technology, this session explores how policy influences healthcare access and how advocacy continues to shape more equitable systems. Join us April 25 at 8:15 AM PT. Register: tinyurl.com/SMADIE2026Co...

Join us for the 7th Annual Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine, focused on advancing accessibility and equity in healthcare. April 25, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 3:45 PM PT Register via QR code or at: smadie.stanford.edu/conference Photo credit: Rick Giudotti

SMADIE congratulates Jody Greenhalgh and the San Mateo County EMS team on advancing accessible emergency care. The new Safe Wheelchair resources help ensure wheelchair users remain with their wheelchairs during emergency transport. Read more here: www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/san...

We’re proud to share SMADIE’s 2025 Highlights. From global conferences to community programming and research achievements, this year reflects meaningful progress in advancing disability inclusion in healthcare. Thank you to everyone who made this possible.

The National Council on Disability is requesting public input to help shape a policy brief on disability clinical care and competency training. Share your perspective by January 6, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. Share your input here: www.ncd.gov/2025/12/01/d...

Our SMADIE founder and co-chair highlight why disability inclusion and community support matter, and how Giving Tuesday helps fuel this work.

Our SMADIE founder and co-chair highlight why disability inclusion and community support matter, and how Giving Tuesday helps fuel this work.

Hear from our SMADIE Director of Strategy and Engagement as she shares how building inclusive spaces, elevating disabled voices, and fostering mentorship drives lasting impact, and how your Giving Tuesday support helps make it possible.

Hear directly from our SMADIE co-chair about why accessibility, mentorship, and disability inclusion matter and how your Giving Tuesday support helps turn these values into action.

Hear from our SMADIE Director of Strategy and Engagement as she shares how building inclusive spaces, elevating disabled voices, and fostering mentorship drives lasting impact, and how your Giving Tuesday support helps make it possible.

Hear directly from our SMADIE co-chair about why accessibility, mentorship, and disability inclusion matter and how your Giving Tuesday support helps turn these values into action.

Join us as we highlight SMADIE’s work in accessibility, mentorship, and disability inclusion. Your support helps us keep these conversations going all year long.

Join us as we highlight SMADIE’s work in accessibility, mentorship, and disability inclusion. Your support helps us keep these conversations going all year long.

Come say hi tomorrow & enjoy ice cream in celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month

An amazingly successful 6th Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine with 1800 attendees from 52 countries! Thanks to our amazing speakers, and thank you all for attending! #DocsWithDisabilities #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityRights #CreatingChange #HealthEquity

Dr. Pete Poullos and Claudia Center (Legal Director at @dredf.bsky.social) discuss the status of #DisabilityRights in our 7th #SMADIE25 session. They explored how the wellbeing of #DisabledPeople, #Immigrants, & others are interwoven - and threatened by current proposed cuts & policy changes.

Rick Guidotti's work with the disabled healthcare community is phenomenal. (Session 6 of the 6th annual #SMADIE25 conference happening now!) "Change how you see, see how you change... we all have the talent to change how the world sees difference," he reminds us. positiveexposure.org

LOVING Dr. Stacy Greeter's rich, engaging, and playful slides. They're extremely effective for communicating her message. She advocates for doctors "bringing [their] whole autistic selves" to medicine. #SMADIE25 #AutisticDoctors

On now: The 5th session in our #SMADIE25 conference, "From Surviving to Thriving: Breaking Through Barriers for Autistic Medical Trainees to Succeed in Medicine."

Dr. Soyoung Choi, PhD, RN, presented "Shared Vision: A Nursing Researcher’s Exploration of Healthcare Accessibility with a Blind Partner" at #SMADIE25 in our 4th session. Her research builds on dual-ethnographic research in her own family to consider disability accessibility in medicine.

"As this little adorable possum in a trash can on fire says, the horrors persist, but so do, and so will I our disability research lab as long as I can keep it going. So we would love to have you join us. - @drkaraayers.bsky.social in our 4th session #SMADIE25 #DocsWithDisabilities

You can join our 6th annual Stanford Medicine Conference on Disability in Medicine and Healthcare here! radiologyweb.a2hosted.com/SMADIE-conf/ #SMADIE25

Powerful keynote address from @lisameeks.bsky.social, asserting solidarity is not a luxury—it’s a survival mechanism. @stanfordsmadie.bsky.social’s annual disability conference is happening right now, and it’s free to join online! radiologyweb.a2hosted.com/SMADIE-conf/

Remember to follow @docswithdisability.bsky.social ! Founder and co-director Lisa Meeks is our #SMADIE25 conference keynote speaker.

The Disability in Medicine Mutual Mentorship Program (DM3P) was shouted out by Dr. Poullos in introductory remarks at the 6th annual #SMADIE25 conference! Check them out!

Excited and thankful to announce our grant from the NBME to support our work in disability justice in healthcare & medicine! About SMADIE: med.stanford.edu/smadie.html About DM3P: disabilitymedmentors.org #DocsWithDisabilities #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityRights #DisabilityResearch

Presenting the 7th session of the conference happening THIS Saturday! Theme: Disability Justice 2025, featuring Claudia Center, Rebecca Cokley, and Ma’ayan Anafi. #DocsWithDisabilities #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityRights #CreatingChange #HealthEquity

Excited and thankful to announce our grant from the NBME to support our work in disability justice in healthcare & medicine! About SMADIE: med.stanford.edu/smadie.html About DM3P: disabilitymedmentors.org #DocsWithDisabilities #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityRights #DisabilityResearch

We wanted to thank our incredible sponsors who are making our 6th Annual Stanford Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine possible! @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social @stanfordohns.bsky.social #DocsWithDisabilities #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityResearch

Session 6 of the conference features Rick Guidotti, founder of Positive Exposure. He’ll be speaking on seeing people with disabilities beyond a diagnosis, as individuals first. radiologyweb.a2hosted.com/SMADIE-conf #DocsWithDisabilities #HealthEquity #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityInclusion

Session 5 at our conference on Saturday, April 26th will feature psychiatrist Dr. Stacy Greeter, med-peds physician Dr. Laura Carravallah and psychiatrist Dr. Alicia Cho. They will discuss breaking barriers for medical trainees with autism to succeed! #DisabilityInclusion #AccessibilityForAll

The 4th session of our conference on April 26th will be by Dr. Soyoung Choi from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, discussing healthcare accessibility for patients with blindness, with insights from being a caregiver for her husband with blindness. #DisabilityInclusion #CreatingChange

Session 3 at the 2025 Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine will cover Disability Inclusion in Healthcare, Employment Disparities, Mentorship & Allyship for workers with disabilities! Register at radiologyweb.a2hosted.com/SMADIE-conf #DisabilityAdvocacy #InclusiveSpaces #CreatingChange

They will present "A Collective Approach to Promoting Disability Access and Inclusion Across Med Ed," discussing how learning communities work to provide sustainable disability accommodations, which they presented at the AAMC meeting! #DisabilityAdvocacy #InclusiveSpaces #CreatingChange

Announcing the 2nd session of our conference featuring Stanford experts: Carleigh Kude: Director of Disability Resources Dr. Preetha Basaviah: Assistant Dean of Advising & Inclusive Learning Dr. John Kugler: Clerkship Director of Internal Medicine Med students Georgiana Burnside and Amy Bugwadia

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Lisa Meeks from the University of Illinois Chicago, as the speaker for the second session of our conference on April 26th, 2025! Register at radiologyweb.a2hosted.com/SMADIE-conf #DisabilityAdvocacy #InclusiveSpaces #CreatingChange #DocsWithDisabilities

Dr. Sabrina Jamal-Eddine is going to be spectacular!

Register today! lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/pyhcp... #docswithdisabilities