DEC is the nation’s leading org providing evidence-based knowledge, solutions and tools to address the complex problems in disability access in healthcare.

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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
TODAY at 12 p.m. EDT! Janet Shouse, program coordinator of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center's IDD Toolkit will discuss how using the kit can help docs care for people w/ intellectual & developmental disabilities. @UMDisabilityCtr 🌟 Register now! michmed.org/vQBzR
⏰There's still time to register for our free Provider Webinar from 12-1 p.m. tomorrow, March 17 w/ Janet Shouse, program coordinator of the IDD Toolkit at @Vanderbilt Kennedy Center! The toolkit can help docs provide better care for people with IDD. michmed.org/vQBzR
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
Janet Shouse, program coordinator of the IDD Toolkit at @VanderbiltU Kennedy Center, will present at our next free Provider Webinar Series on March 17. She'll discuss how the toolkit can improve health care for adults with IDD. 👉 Register now! michmed.org/vQBzR
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
Our grantee, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has a tip sheet that offers guidance to healthcare professionals for a person-centered health assessment of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: iddtoolkit.vkcsites.org/comm…
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
Tomorrow is the deadline for NCD’s Request for Information (RFI) on the need for disability clinical care and competency training of medical professionals. Submit your public comment today.
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
New study shows US Hospitals fail to provide the public with essential information about any disability-related accommodations they offer. Thoughts? 🔗:  doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13477 ✍️: @cehaywood @DisabilityEC @TaraLaguMD @nu_chsor @nu_ipham 🖼️: #VisualAbstract by @ajchinn
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
Do you know the two questions you’re allowed to ask in order to determine if an animal is a service animal and not a pet? Learn more on our website here: adata.org/faq/how-can-i-tell… #ServiceAnimal #ADA #ServiceDog
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
Over 1900 signatures should send a message to @NIMHD - Include people with #disabilities as a health disparity population & fund much needed #Disability research to address disparities! #disabilityinclusion pipcpatients.org/resources/p…
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
Today @HHSGov through @HHSOCR announced a proposed rule, updating its regulation implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. Join our live press conference at 12PM for more updates! hhs.gov/live/live-1/index.ht…
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
🚨Recap: A VERY disappointing outcome. The @NIMHD committee admitted to NOT include anyone with a disclosed disability, yet made a significant decision on behalf of our community - they did not recommend the 'health disparity designation' be given to people with disabilities.
📢Disability community: Happening today! At 1:45 PM ET the @NIH @NIMHD Advisory Committee is giving updates from a working group considering designating people with disabilities as a 'health disparity population'. This has HUGE implications! nimhd.nih.gov/docs/advisory-…
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
An exciting and remarkable funding opportunity from @NIH supporting research on health disparities impacting people with disabilities caused by #ableism. This is a long-overdue mind shift for biomedical researchers and a much-needed area of research! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/…
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
WITH Foundation is pleased to announce that $450k will be awarded to 6 orgs that promote healthcare equity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Congrats to @dscbayarea, @WikiEducation, @DisabilityEC, @TheNatlAlliance, @TASP2009, and @autselfadvocacy!
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
June is Effective Communications Month! The ADA requires that title II entities (Local & State governments) & title III entities (businesses & nonprofit organizations that serve the public) communicate effectively with people with disabilities. Learn more: bit.ly/3hlxoyW
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
Explore how ableism shapes the terrains of public health and medical research on 4/28! @DisabilityBrown @BrownSDWC @Advance_CTR @ptechealth @JHUDisability @LionsWrite @bonnieswenorphd Register to join online: events.brown.edu/public-heal…
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
A decade ago, I was 'kicked off' a research project bc the PI didn't understand how I - a person with low vision - could see my data. They said they would never trust my work. Today @NIH ACD passed landmark recs on disability inclusion. acd.od.nih.gov/documents/pre…
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
A team of people w #disabilities, family members, #disability org leaders, healthcare & genetics professionals & bioethicists created rec's for clinicians, public health agcy's, medical orgs, federal agcy's & others involved w prenatal screening & testing sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
Everyone, regardless of age and disability, deserves to live with dignity, make their own choices, and participate fully in society. This International Day of Persons with Disabilities, learn how @ACLgov is working to make that a reality: bit.ly/3B4zsGk. #IDPD
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
Opinion: Hospitals need to make their websites as accessible as their physical spaces trib.al/10gWfbO
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Disability Equity Collaborative retweeted
In their new Forefront article, @MeganMorrisPhD from @DisabilityEC + contributing authors in thread, discuss how the lack of standardized collection of patients’ disability status within EHRs has limited progress toward addressing inequities. bit.ly/3zkn1oK
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