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They will present "A Collective Approach to Promoting Disability Access and Inclusion Across Med Ed," discussing how learning communities provide sustainable disability accommodations, which they presented at the AAMC meeting! #DisabilityAdvocacy #InclusiveSpaces #CreatingChange

From Dr. Lisa M Meeks, PhD, MA's keynote at #SMADIE25: "Choosing to be here, to listen, to learn, to find solidarity and joy in each other's company - this, too, is an act of resistance. This, too, is movement building." Stanford SMADIE #DisabilityTwitter #DisabledinMedicine

Next up for Stanford SMADIE #SMADIE25 is a panel on inclusive and accessible #MedEd featuring various physicians, trainees (including Amy Bugwadia, MS), and the Director of Disability Resources at the Stanford School of Medicine. Join us at radiologyweb.a2hosted.com/SMADIE-conf/li…!

HAPPENING NOW! Dr. John Kugler: "this has really been such a huge change... we can actually have fine course specific accommodations that really make sense for our students that are going to allow them to succeed." #SMADIE25 #AccessInMedicine

Med student Georgina Burnside: "I feel like living with this perspective and this lens, I remember that so clearly when I come in to patient encounters, that this is one of the biggest days of their life, just as it was for me." #SMADIE25

Our second session just wrapped up! It's been fabulous to hear about the work being done at Stanford to support disabled students. Thank you to our fabulous panelists for sharing so much of their work and themselves. #SMADIE25 #DocsWithDisabilities #AccessInMedicine

For Session 3 of Stanford SMADIE #SMADIE25, we get three talks in one 😮 The presenters will talk about their research in disability inclusion in healthcare and disparities faced by HCWs with disabilities! radiologyweb.a2hosted.com/SMADIE-conf/li… #MedTwitter #DisabilityTwitter #DisabledinMedicine

"As this little adorable possum in a trash can on fire says, the horrors persist, but so do, and so will I our disability research lab as long as I can keep it going. So we would love to have you join us. - Kara Ayers in our 4th session #SMADIE25 #DocsWithDisabilities

Dr. Evans (in our 3rd session): "So the heartening news is that with exposure to our #allyship curriculum, that did seem to appear to be statistically significantly associated with an increase in participants' positive attitudes towards #disabled people." #SMADIE25

Join Dr. Soyoung Choi, PhD, RN, now presenting "Shared Vision: A Nursing Researcher’s Exploration of Healthcare Accessibility with a Blind Partner" at #SMADIE25 Her research builds on dual-ethnographic research in her own family to consider disability accessibility in medicine.

A creative use of technology for accessibility! Haptic and tactile technologies allow patients to more fully access health-related info, including previously 2D visual materials. #AccessInMedicine #DisabledPatients #DisabledParents #DocsWithDisabilities #SMADIE25

Dr. Soyoung Choi, PhD, RN, spoke powerfully at Stanford SMADIE about the gap between policy and practice in healthcare. Her reminder: Accessibility is more than a legal duty—it’s a human responsibility. #SMADIE25

Coming up soon: The 5th session in our #SMADIE25 conference, "From Surviving to Thriving: Breaking Through Barriers for Autistic Medical Trainees to Succeed in Medicine." #DocsWithDisabilities #AutisticTrainees #TraineesWithAutism

LOVING Dr. Stacy Greeter's rich, engaging, and playful slides. They're extremely effective for communicating her message. She advocates for doctors "bringing [their] whole autistic selves" to medicine. #SMADIE25 #AutisticDoctors

Session 6: "Change How You See, See How You Change, Injecting Art into Medicine to See Beyond Diagnosis and Disability ," with award winning photographer Rick Guidotti is starting NOW! Watch here: radiologyweb.a2hosted.com/SMADIE-conf/li… #SMADIE25 Stanford SMADIE

The work Rick Guidotti (Rick Guidotti) with the disabled healthcare community is phenomenal. "Change how you see, see how you change... we all have the talent to change how the world sees difference," he reminds us. positiveexposure.org

Dr. Pete Poullos, MD and Claudia Center (Legal Director at Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund) discuss the status of #DisabilityRights in our 7th #SMADIE25 session. They explore how the wellbeing of #DisabledPeople, #immigrants, & others are interwoven--and threatened by current proposed cuts & policy changes.

Dr. Lisa Meeks continues to inspire us by championing inclusion and justice for people with disabilities during her @stanfordsmadie Keynote statement. #SMADIE25 #docswithdisabilities

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED! We hosted a whopping 1,387 separate attendees watching on our livestream today. Huzzah! #SMADIE25

An amazingly successful 6th Conference on Disability in Healthcare and Medicine with 1800 attendees from 52 countries! Thanks to our amazing speakers, and thank you all for attending! #DocsWithDisabilities #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityRights #CreatingChange #HealthEquity