3 Weekly Disability Reads

Most Sundays, I post links to three things about disability that I read, heard, or viewed over the previous week, with some notes of my own added.

March 28 - April 4, 2021

1. Overlooked No More: Kitty Cone, Trailblazer of the Disability Rights Movement
Wendy Lu, New York Times - March 26, 2021

We tend to hear about a small handful of activists in disability history, and rightfully so. But it’s also good the some of the gaps are being filled in, and some of the other key people being recognized.

2. Physicians’ biases, lack of knowledge, partly to blame for health care disparities among people with disabilities
Elizabeth Heubeck, The CT Mirror - March 22, 2021

I really hope we are getting to a point where the major professions can start dealing seriously with institutional ableism without taking the whole issue personally and defensively.

3. Med Student's Disability Helps Him Connect With Patients
Nick Romanenko, Rutgers Today - March 22, 2021

We need to learn more about whether and how doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals with disabilities can help deliver better medical care to disabled patients.