Project directors and staff of the NIDILRR-funded TBI Model Systems created a joint statement in collaboration with brain injury advocates, individuals with lived experience, and professionals representing several organizations, Communicating About Brain Injury (PDF) https://loom.ly/zQFuQO0. (1/2)

#Disability is not a bad word & identifying as such isn't saying you can't do stuff - it's a starting place for understanding & can open doors for supports and accommodations to better access the environment, incl healthcare! Am quoted in NYT alongside others: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/h...

New paper I co-authored is out with Scott Landes, Jean Hall and @bonnieswenor.bsky.social! #Disability

It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years! Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn... Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR... Applications due December 5th!

Yay! Love this and happy to see friend and colleague @bonnieswenor.bsky.social featured too!

Statisticians with disabilities such as Jonathan Godfrey, Bonnielin Swenor, Michael Wallace, and Chuck Coleman are driving innovation, shaping research, and making the field stronger! magazine.amstat.org/blog/2025/10... #DisabilityInStatistics #DataScience #Inclusion #ASA

3,000 feet long alpine slide w friends up at winter park at approx 9,700 feet of elevation! Thanks to the National Sports Center for the Disabled for such a fun and thrilling experience!!!!!! #GetOutside #ColoradoLiving

A small recap of improvements done for students to have access to all visual graph information with keyboard and screen readers. Love accessible graphing ❤️ blog.khanacademy.org/rebuilding-g...

🚨Many in my network are #disabled people or you have friends or family who are disabled or are supporting #aging parents. Your help is needed: NOW! #disability nacdd.quorum.us/campaign/137... 🧵

Happening soon! Tune in for today's #NIH livestream of "#Rehabilitation Research 2025": videocast.nih.gov 3:15 pm EST - New Opportunities / Challenges for Rehab (featuring me, Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt, "Promoting Disability Perspectives in Rehabilitation Research") #NIDILRR #DisabilityResearch

Tomorrow! "Rehabilitation Research 2025: Rehabilitation for All" will feature our Director of Research @anjalifp.bsky.social presenting on "Promoting Disability Perspectives in Rehab Research". Register now for this free virtual conference: web.cvent.com/event/d341a4... #disability #disabilitysky

This is a MUST READ from Editor in Chief of Science, Holden Thorp, especially for anyone in higher education. #AcademicSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Today is an exciting historical day! For the first time ever, US Track & Field Nationals are an integrated event to include Paralympic track & field nationals too, at Hayward Field! This is monumental progress towards greater #disability inclusion & visibility of para sports! #TeamUSA!

Do you have a disability or any health condition? Please consider this short survey! Last call for the National Survey on #Health and #Disability (NSHD) closes Thursday 7/31 - share your voice! Take the NSHD online: kuhealthsurvey.org or call: 1 855 556 6328 #DisabilityResearch #ShareYourVoice

‼️Save the Date!‼️The 2025 #Disability Health #Research Network (DHERN) annual conference, “Global Perspectives on Disability Equity”, will be held September 16 from 10am to 2pm ET. This virtual conference is **free** & open to all! ASL & CART will be provided. Register: jhuson.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Got questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act? Learn about the 10 Regional Centers here, thanks to #NIDILRR funding! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkiT... #ADA35 #Disability

Joy in hard times: Celebrating Disability Pride Month amid crisis www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Feels on today’s 35th anniv of the Americans w Disabilities Act. This resonated: “I know what accessibility can be: an invitation into greater human community, as well as a precious right we must preserve for future generations.” #Disability #ADA35 www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #Disability #ADA35

Today, more detailed proposed budget docs for FY 2026 were released. This has the details of the President’s budget. This all still has to be reconciled with versions of FY26 budget from the House and Senate too and voted on and passed before it becomes final, but contains a lot more details.

Here is a sign on letter in support of continued funding for the National Institute on #Disability, Independent Living, & Rehabilitation #Research (#NIDILRR). The administration is proposing its elimination. Please consider signing on & circulate. forms.gle/9DjbzxQ66KeQ... #DisabilityResearch

The National Survey on Health and Disability is open! If you are in the US & a person w a disability or chronic condition, please share your experiences. This is one of the largest national disability & health surveys that exists! ~15 minutes! Take it at: kuhealthsurvey.org #DisabilityResearch

HHS' decision to fire 10k people today could have massive implications for ppl with disabilities. Read on for the fallout from dismantling the Administration for Community Living and firing several key people/branches overseeing disability in other agencies: www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...

New — Here is a running list of Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offices that have either been fully eliminated or gutted into non-functionality as a result of today's mass firings (provided to me directly by a CDC staffer):

Like many, we are still grappling with the potential news about the dismantling of the Administration for Community Living (ACL), including the National Institute for #Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation #Research (#NIDILRR). DRRC letter here: drrc-coalition.org/wp-content/u...

Who else is watching? #DisabilityHistory #Disability www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

Today, the President Trump signed an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education. @aapd-disability.bsky.social prepared an explainer on what this means for people with disabilities. Even if the agency is dismantled, civil rights still exist. www.aapd.com/explaining-e...

Got to meet this pretty lil one today, Milano! A future service doggo 😍

I am very sad to share that Cabo is returning to Canine Companions for re-evaluation. We’ve had many challenges we just couldn’t work thru & it was becoming unsafe for us as a team. I know that this is what is best for us both. Good luck, #LadyCabo on your future adventures. 💔 #ServiceDogsOfBlueSky

Happening soon: #Disability Inclusion & Representation in Implementation Science Research at the University of Alabama's CEDHARS Disability Health Symposium! Will be talking abt the need for greater representation of disabled scientists & contextualizing the moment in time we are in.

Just a happy #LadyCabo to give joy to people’s feeds! #ServiceDogsOfBlueSky #DogsOfBlueSky

Is it a cradle? Is it a spoon? Introducing the cradle-spoon from #LadyCabo! #DogsOfBlueSky

This is probably the funniest video ever of #LadyCabo! #YoureWelcome #DogsOfBlueSky #ServiceDogsOfBlueSky 😂🐕‍🦺

The January issue of the Disability + Health Journal is out! This issue explores childhood onset disabilities, health promotion, employment and disability, and the need for anti-ableist, inclusive practices within society: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/disa... #DisSky #Disability #DisabilityHealth

The Federal Evidence Agenda on #Disability just published from the Disability Data Interagency Working Group of the National Science and Technology Council from the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy! Please share widely!!! www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

I don’t even fucking know what to say anymore y’all. I just posted three days ago about disabled folks being left behind and then we find out a disabled father and son were killed. Disabled Black men. Ableds, especially white ableds, have such a lack of understanding of how…

Cabo says Happy New Year from Cabo! #LadyCabo #ServiceDogsOfBlueSky #DogsOfBlueSky 🇲🇽🥂🎉

Merry Christmas from #LadyCabo and me! #DogsOfBlueSky 🎄🐕‍🦺

Attn #DisabilityResearchers : opportunity to provide feedback open until 3/12 #AcademicSky #Disability

NIH blog that outlines a new resource page to support researchers with #disabilities. This info is also for nondisabled allies too. The resources cover making #research more #accessible, NIH policies, and allowable grant costs. #AcademicSky nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2024/12/...

Helping my mama by closing the front door! #LadyCabo #ServiceDogsOfBlueSky #DogsOfBlueSky #GiveADogAJob

This is huge! Final rule from DOT to improve the airline experience for those w #Disabilities! www.transportation.gov/briefing-roo... 🎉

Future WNBA star? #LadyCabo #ServiceDogsOfBlueSky #DogsOfBlueSky #OffDutyFun