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The Disability Health Equity Research Network is excited to announce two exciting virtual events—open to all! Mark your calendars and register via the links below to save your spot.

TOMORROW, May 14th 2-3ET! Join us for a fireside chat with disability health experts Silvia Yee Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Lisa M Meeks, PhD, MA The DocsWithDisabilities Initiative, Stephanie DeLuca from the office of Tammy Duckworth, and Corey Moore Langston University! Register now: jhuson.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Interested in learning more about how disability plays into sociology, on 6/3 at 3pm EST, we will be hosting a virtual event with some incredible sociologists who do research in disability: Scott Landes Dr. Angela Frederick Laurin Bixby! pdx.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#DisabilityTwitter, community, #disability data people and #researchers, please see below for an important Request for Information about disability data! This call is open for comment until 7/15! National Rehabilitation Information Center NARIC ACLgov Disability Health Equity Research Network Disabled Academic Collective DisabledInSTEM The DocsWithDisabilities Initiative

‘Who counts depends on who is counted’. Disabled people face inequities across all aspects of life, but data gaps have erased opportunities to make change for far too long. Now is your chance to help improve disability data across the Federal Government! lnkd.in/gSE5uZnx

Recordings of our 2024 Disability Health Research Seminar Series are now available! Catch up on our conversations with experts Maria Town, Alison Cernich, Dr. Anjali F-P, Scott Landes, Lydia X. Z. Brown, and Rupa Sheth Valdez here: disabilityhealth.jhu.edu/seminarseries/

We are so excited to announce our 2nd annual virtual conference, ‘Moving Disability Measurement Forward’ on September 17th from 11 am to 3 pm EST! Keynote presentation from Rob Santos, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau. Register now: jhuson.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Yes! Senator John W. Mannion getting it done in NYS.

Dear Doron Dorfman, I write to you to inquire whether the commitment to exclusive measures of disability in federal surveys is no more than the government’s fear of the disability con? Looking forward to your response, even if it comes as a paper. Sincerely, Scott Landes

Nothing about disability measurement without us. To this end, the Disability Data Equity Research Working Group, disabled & allied researchers, offers ideas on how to improve disability measures in federal surveys. Bonnielin Swenor PhD Health Affairs healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…

Check out this brief that I co-wrote w/ Lauren L. Brown, PhD, MPH & Marc A. Garcia on how we can better support our aging & diverse pops. 🔑 recs: Support data infrastructure, increase healthcare accessibility, Create age-inclusive communities, & implement reparations. #PublicScholarship

Was such a treat to work with my co-authors on this qualitative study (from my MassGeneral Medicine fellowship!) I hope it helps make an impact on #disability equity, inclusion, & representation in #MedEd. link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

Some folks still argue that not all disabled people experience health disparities. I call BS w/ receipts. Disabled adults have a mortality risk nearly 2X greater than nondisabled adults, a disparity that persists across age, gender, race, ses, and health. doi.org/10.1377/hlthaf…

BREAKING: The Nassau County legislature has passed a mask ban. Here's what you need to know about the bill and your rights:

Its publication day! My book, Rural and Small-Town America: Context, Composition, and Complexities is out today. We share lessons offered from rural society & confront common myths & misunderstandings about #rural people and places. (1/X) ucpress.edu/book/978052040…

The Harris campaign is hiring for a disability engagement director. jobs.lever.co/BFP/e13678c8-1…

For roughly a decade I have been advocating for Canada to designate disable ppl as a pop experiencing health disparity. We still don't but in last year US has. NEW paper finds Risk Of Mortality For Disabled Adults Nearly Twice That For Nondisabled Adults healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…

I am accepting applications for 1 or 2 PhD students to start in Fall 2025 in #ClinicalPsychology or #HealthPsychology at Oregon State University. My lab studies #ableism and the ways #disabled people resist it. Students with disabilities and other minorities are encouraged to apply! 1/2

The challenge to the ACA’s preventive care mandate, Braidwood v. Beccara, is heading to SCOTUS! Read about the case and its context in my new Cornell Law Review article Penalizing Prevention: The Paradoxical Legal Treatment of Preventive Medicine: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Happy Labor Day! I’m delighted to be quoted in this The Washington Post story on the latest efforts to abolish sub-minimum wage for workers w disabilities under Section 14(c) to the FLSA. Grateful to Jacqueline Alemany & Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵 for their work! #CripTheVote washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…