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This 2022 WebMD Health News article on Dr. BJ Miller, who is a triple amputee, highlights how the news media reinforces a medical model of disability founded on the assumption that the problem of disability exists wtihin the person. The story and…

With the four focus areas of Research, Working Groups, Book Club and Consulting, Docs with Disabilities is a group which uses research, education, and sharing of stories to drive change in policy and procedure leading to more inclusive educational…

Medical students receive little-to-no training that focuses on disability specifically—from social, biomedical, or other clinical angles—and the slow pace of change in this regard is a likely factor in the long-standing biases against disabled…

Framing disability as a dimension of diversity is a relatively new strategy adopted by advocates to promote disability inclusion in medicine. Over the last several decades medical schools came under increasing pressure to improve the diversity of…

The profile and biography of Diana Anderson

One of the reasons why disabled medical students and doctors have failed to gain complete access to their environments is attitudinal barriers. These attitudinal barriers either fall under the presumption that doctors cannot be disabled or that if…

Formed in 1999, this non profit organization has been serving hard of hearing and deaf health care professionals and students through advocacy and mentorship. They are greatly invested in modified equipment for deaf and hard of hearing doctors such…

In 2004, a new medical drama aired on Fox called House M.D. in which the titular character Dr. Gregory House, a disabled doctor, walking with the help of a cane and addicted to painkillers was an unconventional, misanthropic medical genius who led a…

Even though these two organizations do not exclusively cater to doctors with disabilities, they do have some messaging which talks about creating inclusive environments for disabled students and doctors

Image description: A bubble at the top of the slide says "Qualified SWD [students with disabilities] requests accommodation in clinical setting." Straight lines connect this bubble, separately, to a series of bubbles that read, in order from left to…