When I Talk About the Pandemic, I am Ghosted
Check out this incredibly powerful blog by EASM member and Hopkins School of Public Health student, Gloria Sun, about pandemic denial. Thank you for sharing, Gloria!
An interview with Dr. González Fernández, MD, PhD, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The following is a transcription of an interview between Lisa Young of Equal Access in Science and Medicine and Dr. Marlís González Fernández of Johns Hopkins Medicine LY: You joined the [Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation] Department as a faculty member in 2004 and have been here for 18 years. Why did you choose Johns Hopkins…
For Student Founders with Disabilities, Entrepreneurship is Personal
This article was originally published on Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures website at https://ventures.jhu.edu/news/student-founders-disabilities/ The following was written by Erica Avery, FastForward U’s communications intern. July is Disability Pride Month. While many devices designed by biomedical engineers have passed through FastForward U’s doors to treat illnesses and physical disabilities, some founders are approaching supporting disability from…
Check out the story Hopkins HUB published about Emily Ladau’s fireside chat EASM was a part of!
Two of EASM’s members, Erica Avery and Emily Xiao, were student panelists during Emily Ladau’s “Demystifying Disability” fireside chat! Read the HUB article Hopkins themselves published about the event! We were proud to help plan and host this event and we’re excited it generated so much attention for Disability Pride Month!
Ways to get involved during Disability Pride Month at Johns Hopkins
Show your solidarity with Disability Pride buttons found across campus and Daily Grind will be give a 10% discount on coffee at the MRB/Ross and Armstong locations. Taharka Bros is also giving a 10% discount at all 3 Baltimore locations. Participate in the #DisabilityPride2022 Twitter campaign. Register for a Fireside Chat with Emily Ladau July 19,…
Disability Pride Month is here! Get ready for a Fireside Chat with author of “Demystifying Disability”, Emily Ladau
This month is Disability Pride Month and our student-run EASM Committee here at Johns Hopkins in collaboration with Hopkins Student Disability Services will be hosting a Fireside chat with author and disability advocate Emily Ladau! Here is more information about the eventDemystifying Disability: A Fireside Chat with Emily Ladau Date: July 19 from 12:00 noon to…
Attention Hopkins Community! Please vote for EASM’s Diversity Innovation Grant for an Alumni Network Here!
Project Description : 2% of students in the School of Medicine (SOM) register with Student Disability Services, yet 25% of graduate students in the SOM who completed a recent Graduate Student Association survey identify as having a disability, mental health disorder, or chronic illness. Students with disabilities may be inherently less able to advocate for…
Using The Matrix to explain my chronic pain
“What is real? How do you define real? If you’re talking about what you feel, taste, smell, or see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” -Morpheus, The Matrix In rewatching the original Matrix trilogy in preparation for the new movie, I was struck by the allegory the first movie made for…
We held a disability-themed Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on International Day of People with Disabilities, Dec. 3, 2021
This past Dec. 3, 2021 EASM held its first annual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in conjunction with 500 Women Scientists and sponsored by the Disability Health Research Center. Read more about it HERE in the Hopkins News-Letter and read some quote excerpts below about the event (and be sure to be on the lookout for the return…
Erica Avery wins National Disability Employment Awareness Month Achiever’s Award!
Erica Avery maintains a leadership position in Equal Access in Science and Medicine Committee, an organization dedicated to students with disabilities at the schools on theEast Baltimore campus. The group has held book clubs, documentary watch parties, social events, a celebration for the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and seminar series given…
Lessons from the effects of the pandemic on disabled trainees
On behalf of the “JH Needs U” campaign we present “Lessons from the effects of the pandemic on disabled trainees” a listening session and panel event hosted by the EASM committee’s Erica Avery and Nicole Pannullo and moderated by Dr. Bonnielin Swenor, Director of Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center. This event was originally held…
Expanding Accessibility in Neuroscience Through Speech-to-Text Technologies
Dr. Tilak Ratnanather, associate research professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, discusses how speech-to-text technology benefits people with hearing loss in this Society for Neuroscience article.
Disability Health Research Center Webinar: COVID-19 and Disability
The Johns Hopkins University Disability Health Research Center discusses how COVID-19 has affected people with disabilities.
Growing Pains
Medical student Maïté Van Hentenryck discusses her experiences as a disabled medical student in this JAMA opinion.
Disability Health Research Center Webinar: 30 Years of ADA
The Johns Hopkins University Disability Health Research Center discusses the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Announcing the Meyer-Beers Essay Contest Winners
The JHSPH Mental Health Grad Network and the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center announced the winners of the Meyer-Beers Essay Contest, which aimed to crowdsource innovative ideas for recruiting and retaining students with mental health conditions.
Meyer-Beers Essay Contest Winners
The Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research center announced winners of the Meyer-Beers essay contest- read about the winners here!
Disabled Nurses Find Covid-19 Silver Lining; Hope For More Inclusive Future
Andrea Dalzell, Ryann Kress and Lindsey Runkel discuss their experiences as nurses with disabilities in this Forbes article.
Diversity Leadership Award Winners
Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Bonnielin Swenor and Anna Moyer received acknowledgement from the Diversity Leadership Council for their disability-related advocacy. Read the Hub article and announcement from the Diversity Leadership Council.
School of Nursing Receives $4.3M Grant to Launch Disability Center
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing recently received a $4.3M grant to launch a national center to improve care for people with disabilities. Read the full announcement here.
COVID-19 poses unique challenges for people with disabilities
Q&A with Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Bonnielin Swenor about the challenges people with disabilities face during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Harmonious Hacking
The PeabodyHacks program challenges participants to consider how to address accessibility issues in music composition, performance, and education. Read the Hub article here.
Idea Lab funds projects that support disability goals
Idea Lab funded the 10×20 project Establishing the Johns Hopkins Disability Coalition and the Disability Innovation Grant project Students for Disability Justice.
High Sights for Low Vision
Dr. Bonnielin Swenor, assistant professor of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins’ Wilmer Eye Institute, discusses her experience as a researcher with myopic macular degeneration.
What Medicine Can Learn From Doctors And Researchers With Disabilities
Dr. Bonnielin Swenor, an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University, discusses how scientists with disabilities can benefit biomedical research in this NPR article.
The Beautiful Epiphyte
Johns Hopkins University graduate student Anna Moyer writes about the challenges of navigating graduate school with an invisible illness in this Biomedical Odyssey Blog post.
Johns Hopkins names first executive director for Student Disability Services
Catherine Axe joins the university March 11 from a similar role at Brown. Read the Hub article here.
Disabled Researchers Are Vital to the Strength of Science
Johns Hopkins University graduate student Erica Avery argues that scientific institutions need to work toward a more inclusive environment for disabled scientists in this Scientific American article.
Clearly a Better Mask
Alums Allysa Dittmar and Aaron Hsu are reinventing the surgical mask to make quality health care accessible. Read the Johns Hopkins magazine article here.
Novelist Porochista Khakpour explores a lifetime of feeling unwell in her debut memoir ‘Sick’
Read the Johns Hopkins Magazine article here.
‘(Dis)Ability’ anthology, compiled and edited by Hopkins senior
Emily Dorffer, a Johns Hopkins undergraduate who has cerebral palsy, explored stories by and about people with disabilities in a short story anthology.
I Use a Wheelchair. And Yes, I’m Your Doctor.
Cheri A. Blauwet (@CheriBlauwetMD), an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, discusses her experience as a disabled doctor in this New York Times Opinion.
Schooled (and steeled) by invisible illness
Johns Hopkins University graduate student Erica Avery discusses her experience with fibromyalgia and graduate school in this ASBMB Today opinion piece.
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