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Meet our Disability and Health scholars! Professional headshots of three women.

Announcing Our 2024 Disability & Health Scholars

We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2023-2024 Frederick J. Krause Scholarship on Health and Disability. Every year this award recognizes students with disabilities who are working to advance the broad field of disability and health. Meet our 2024 Scholars Rose Brown – Rose is a third-year Social and Personality Psychology PhD student […]

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Transgender Health Care. A word cloud behind reads: therapy, treatments, transition, mental health, etc.

Transgender Health Needs

A Public Health Concern for All This piece is the third installment in our blog series discussing transgender health care from the disability lens. Transgender people, like anyone, can face many tough health issues. They often overlap with and are affected by chronic illness and disability. For many across the trans community, healthcare services are […]

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Recap: Disability, Nutrition & All of Us

 On November 20th, the Disability Community Engagement Partner Project (DCEPP) at AAHD held our third conversation in the 2024-2025 Disability and Health Webinar series with “Disability, Nutrition & All of Us.” Moderated by Devon Anderson, this conversation brought together four community members and advocates in conversation about the nutritional needs of people with disabilities. […]

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