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Health for All - Transgender Health and Disability. Transgender flag stripes.

The State of Transgender Healthcare Today

Rebuilding Trust toward Gender-Affirming Care  This piece is the second installment in our blog series discussing transgender health care from the disability lens. Transgender healthcare has changed since its early days with Hirschfield and his colleagues. So has our understanding of what it means to be transgender. About 1 in 250 American adults identifies as […]

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Autoimmunity, Disability and All of Us - A conversation on non-apparent disability awareness.

Disability & Health Webinar – Autoimmunity

A conversation on the future of care for autoimmune conditions The American Association on Health and Disability is proud to announce our next conversation in the Disability & Health Webinar Series. On Wednesday, October 23rd from 2:00-3:30 pm ET / 11:00 am PT, tune in for “Autoimmunity, Disability & All of Us”. This special conversation will explore the importance […]

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Screenshot from the webinar, Exploring Recovery, with the moderator, ASL interpreter and two speakers in view.

Recap: Exploring Recovery Webinar

 On September 25th, the Disability Community Engagement Partner Project (DCEPP) at AAHD held our first conversation in the 2024-2025 Disability and Health Webinar series with “Exploring Recovery.” Moderated by Devon Anderson, this conversation brought together two community advocates in conversation about emerging approaches to recovery and supportive care. Many thanks to our distinguished panelists, […]

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