On October 23rd, the Disability Community Engagement Partner Project (DCEPP) at AAHD held our second conversation in the 2024-2025 Disability and Health Webinar series with “Autoimmunity, Disability & All of Us.” Moderated by Devon Anderson, this conversation brought together four community members and advocates in conversation about autoimmune conditions and non-apparent disabilities. Many thanks […]
A conversation on food, nutrition, and access The American Association on Health and Disability is proud to announce our next conversation in the Disability & Health Webinar Series. On Wednesday, November 20th from 2:00-3:30 pm ET / 11:00 am PT, tune in for “Disability, Nutrition & All of Us”. This special conversation will explore the importance of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Voting is an Essential Disability Advocacy Activity In November, another election will be happening to decide the next president of the United States. Voting is an essential part of disability advocacy as the president can impact important issues for the disability community. If you haven’t been thinking about being a part of the voting process, […]
A conversation on the future of trauma-informed care The American Association on Health and Disability is proud to announce our next conversation in the Disability & Health Webinar Series! Join us on Wednesday, September 25th from 2:00–3:30pm ET/ 11:00am-12:00pm PT, for a special conversation for National Recovery Month. This conversation will explore recovery related to mental […]
A Look Back at the History of Transgender Healthcare This piece begins a series in our blog discussing transgender healthcare and the importance of access to all, including the disability community. Transgender individuals are people whose gender identity is different from their sex at birth. They have existed since time immemorial and are found in […]
There are many different paths to recovery. Over 50 million adults in the United States reported recovering from their mental health or substance use as of 2021. Staying healthy in this process can be shaped by many factors and is unique to each person’s needs and story. The knowledge of lived experience in recovery is […]
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the 1999 Supreme Court decision Olmstead v LC Understanding the Olmstead Decision Twenty-five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that people with disabilities deserve to be able to live in their homes and communities. The landmark court case, Olmstead v. LC, laid the groundwork for people with disabilities to live […]