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Mask Week of Action 2023
Masks belong in healthcare because Covid is not over, Covid is airborne, and patients deserve to be safe. Last week we called on medical professionals to remember why they joined the profession in the first place, the oath they took to “Do No Harm”, and that they CAN choose to be kind and protect their…
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Is your Accommodation Policy Sending the Right Message to Disabled Students?
It is common knowledge in the disabled community that “accommodations” for disability in higher eduction are often unreasonable, putting immense burden on disabled students to navigate a class environment that does not meet their access needs. When professors fail to provide reasonable accommodations, they are rarely forced to change course–honestly, you’re lucky if your disability…
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Two Approaches to COVID Safety, Depicted Two Ways
This scenario was a response to several encounters on Twitter involving women who were extremely well regarded in their respective [credentialed] expert fields. It began as a digital pencil sketch. I recently had another of these encounters, and exhausted/angry/frustrated I returned to my sketch, adding digital oil paint overlay. One scene, two ways, more than…
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The Breaking Period: View from My Wheelchair
To everyone who has ever had to say “no, I really can’t use the stairs.” I don’t know what our path forward is, but I am secure knowing our community has only gotten tighter during COVID.
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Navigating higher education as someone at high risk for COVID-19 hospitalization/death #WeAreHopkinsToo
Image DescriptionDigital painting of a white woman with shoulder-length red hair sitting in front of a laptop computer in two poses. On the left, the woman looks at the computer screen that reads “you’re invited! Teaching awards. Masks OPTIONAL.” On the right, the woman glares to the side, her whole face is visible and she…
Medical Sociology on Wheels
Comments on Health Beliefs, Risk, Mitigation, and Sociological Research Methods, a Disabled Perspective