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Cartoons show the trauma of sedation for autistic children
Nine comics tell the story of kids who are put under general anesthesia repeatedly because they can't tolerate medical exams. Most have autism and intellectual disability.
Black med students bump up against 'white man's club' in surgical training
'Black medical students struggled with the idea of being the only Black surgical resident or staff in their institutions...'
A robot helps children with cerebral palsy move in new ways
The Trexo attaches to a walker and powers leg movements so kids with cerebral palsy can experience pain-free walking.
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Conveying a patient's value can be healing, scientist says
Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov hopes his research will shift medical culture from a need to ‘fix’ patients to a commitment to “be with, to not abandon, to value.'
Disabled, racialized med students face highest rates of burnout
'If you have multiple disabilities and you’re Asian or Black or Hispanic or identify as Indigenous, then your risk of burnout is even higher than that of white students with multiple disabilities.'
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Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Disabled women talk about what they bring to medicine
'Dr. Church said the doctors' experiences receiving health care "make our conversations with our patients richer, and more real."'
Major Canadian cities shut out disabled people, study finds
'In terms of sectors, education services, which includes schools and universities, was the least inclusive, with less than 35 per cent of locations rated accessible.'
What needs fixing? Disabled people? Or a built world that shuts them out?
'The desire to see technological development and fixing as THE solution to disability allows people to continue to build and justify a world that is inaccessible...'
Why does a hospital need to know your race and income? To tailor care
'The general idea is that each of these identities and circumstances is predictive of the quality and speed of health-care access, experiences and outcomes.'
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