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Real-life 'Iron Man': Paralyzed surgeon uses standing wheelchair to perform surgeries (ABC News, 2017)
These video clips, which aired on ABC News in 2017, characterize third-year general surgery resident Dr. Chris McCulloh as a "real-life 'Iron Man'" due to his ability to perform surgeries from his standing wheelchair. By presenting McCulloh as a…
The inspirational doctor paralyzed from the waist who can still perform surgeries thanks to remarkable stand-up wheelchair (Daily Mail, 2013)
This 2013 Daily Mail report on Dr. Ted Rummel, who is paralyzed, offers an example of the merging of person and technology in media depictions of disabled medical professionals. While acknowledging Rummel's personal determination, the article…
New medical devices help doctors with disabilities (Michigan News, 2018)
This 2018 article and accompanying video clip from Michigan News features third-year University of Michigan medical student Molly Fausone. Fausone, who is paralyzed from the chest down, describes the process of assisting in the development of digital…
Medical Students with Disabilities: A Generation of Practice by AAMC (2005) and Medical Students with Disabilities: Resources to Enhance Accessibility by AAMC (2005)
Published by AAMC, both these books are a guide for educators on how to effectively teach and engage with disabled medical students and specifically talks about the role of assistive devices in this interaction and education. There is some ambiguity…
Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disabilityby Aimi Hamraie (University of Minnesota Press, 2017)
“All too often,” wrote disabled architect Ronald Mace, “designers don’t take the needs of disabled and elderly people into account.” Building Access investigates twentieth-century strategies for designing the world with disability in mind. Commonly…
Electrocuted by 11,000 Volts, Now an Amputee...and an MD by Alicia Gallegos (WebMD News, 2022)
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…
Accessible America: A History of Disability and Designby Bess Williamson (NYU Press, 2019)
Have you ever hit the big blue button to activate automatic doors? Have you ever used an ergonomic kitchen tool? Have you ever used curb cuts to roll a stroller across an intersection? If you have, then you’ve benefited from accessible design—design…
The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes Beyond Access by David Gissen (University of Minnesota Press, January 2023 – forthcoming)
Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access, butThe Architecture of Disabilitycalls for a radical reorientation of this perspective by situating experiences of impairment as a new foundation…
#DocWithDisabilities Podcast
Docs with Disabilities, along creating a network to increase the visibility of disabled doctors and building a community of disabled doctors where they can connect and support one another, it has also created a podcast hosted by Drs Lisa Meeks and…