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The Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities invites your blog submissions. General Submission Guidelines We are looking for submissions about healthcare inequities faced by people with disabilities and proposed solutions to make healthcare more equitable. We want …Read More »NIDILRR Awards Field Initiative Project Grant To the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
For Immediate Release: December 7, 2022 Contact: Leah Smith, Project [email protected] The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) has awarded the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCCEDD) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical …Read More »Disability Led Coalition Awarded ACL Grant to Identify and Reduce Life-Limiting Inequities in Healthcare, Community Living, and Justice for People with Disabilities
For Immediate Release: October 18, 2022. Contact: Leah Smith, Associate DirectorCenter for Disability, Equity, and Intersectionality Read More »Language Access Services to Eliminate Health Disparities and Achieve Health Equity for those with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Christina Eguizabal Love, Psy.D.Director of Health and Language AccessOffice for Health, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity (O-HEID)Pediatric NeuropsychologistKennedy Krieger Institute In the United States, about 1 out of 5 people speak a language other than English at home,1 which equates to nearly …Read More »Organization Aims to Address the Double Burden of Racism and Ableism within the Health Care System
For Immediate Release: August 29, 2022 Contact:Leah Smith, Project Coordinator Organization Aims to Address the Double Burden of Racism and Ableism Within the Health Care System Thanks to generous support from WITH Foundation, The Center for Dignity in Healthcare for …Read More »September Webinars
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Hot off the press- our prenatal Subcommittee's recommendations have been published!
A team of people w #disabilities, family members, #disability org leaders, healthcare & genetics professionals & bioethicists created rec's for clinicians, public health agcy's, medical orgs, federal agcy's & others involved w prenatal screening & testing https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936657422001558
https://centerfordignity.com/nidilrr-awards-field-initiative-project-grant-to-the-university-of-cincinnati-center-for-excellence-in-developmental-disabilities/
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/11/disability-health-care-accessibility-doctors-ada/672101/
https://centerfordignity.com/disability-led-coalition-awarded-acl-grant-to-identify-and-reduce-life-limiting-inequities-in-healthcare-community-living-and-justice-for-people-with-disabilities/