American Association on Health & Disability

It was the fourth panel in AAHD’s Disability and Health Webinar series. The panel was about #LongCOVID, #DisabilityHealth, and the All of Us Research Program. We hope you’ll join us for future webinars in this series. The panel had patient advocates and researchers. They spoke about the importance of patient-led research. They also spoke about how it has shaped new research on Long COVID. Check out the conversation here: https://lnkd.in/eq3PfDqE #AllofUsInclusion #DisabilityHealth #Intersectionality #Health #DisabilityInclusion #JoinAllofUs

Mobility disabilities affect 1 in 7 adults. They are the most common type of disability. But the disability experience is different for everyone. This #MobilityAwareness Month, help make health research more inclusive. By participating in research, you can help health care to meet the needs of every community. Join Today: JoinAllofUs.org/Disability #AllofUsInclusion #MobilityAwareness

Com[MS1] munity might be one of the most important social factors that affects our health. Community shapes us and gives our lives meaning. Who we connect with and rely on can play a huge role in our quality of life. Join us on June 6th at 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT for a conversation on Community Care, Mental Health and the @AllofUsResearch Program. Register now: https://lnkd.in/eAyURR-C #AllofUsInclusion #JoinAllofUs

The fourth panel in AAHD’s Disability and Health Webinar series featured a conversation on #LongCOVID, #DisabilityHealth, and @AllofUsResearch! This panel included patient advocates and researchers. They spoke about the importance of patient-led research. They talked about how it has shaped new research on Long COVID. Check out the conversation here: https://lnkd.in/eq3PfDqE #AllofUsInclusion #DisabilityHealth #Intersectionality #Health #DisabilityInclusion

Apply for a Merit Switzer Research Fellowship for Doctoral Dissertation Research through the Administration for Community Living's National Institute on #Disability, #IndependentLiving, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)! NIDILRR plans to make five fellowship awards under this opportunity. Applicants would need to demonstrate their formal academic status as doctoral candidates and have approval of dissertation proposal. Fellowship awards will have one 12-month project period. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/evdiQw5Q

Join us in offering a warm welcome to Anjali Forber-Pratt, Ph.D., PLY, our new Director of Research at the American Association on Health and Disability. This role will be instrumental in directing AAHD’s outreach work to engage people with disabilities in the All of Us Research Program. “On behalf of our staff and board, we are pleased to have Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt joining the organization to steward our research development and this critical work with NIH. Her expertise in qualitative methods aligned with her sensitivity to the broader social drivers of health and understanding of historical inequities in our communities make her a strong director for this role,” shared AAHD Board President, Rick Rader, MD. Read our press release for more about Dr. Forber-Pratt's deep background in disability advocacy and health research: https://lnkd.in/eeRNFSHt #DisabilityNews

AAHD is conducting an online survey to better understand the sources people with disabilities trust for their health or medical information. Take this survey by this Friday, May 10th to participate: https://lnkd.in/dBTmBwp7 If you have any questions about the survey or require additional accommodations, please contact Jacob Ditsch at jditsch@aahd.us.

We're looking forward to today's conversation on #LongCOVID and #Disability! Register below:

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AAHD signed on to an Amicus brief submitted by DREDF to the Supreme Court in the case Johnson v. Grants Pass. AAHD wants to reinforce a message to the Supreme Court that our national responses to #homelessness are a critical #disability justice issue. Housing remains a critical driver of health equity that must be understood as integral to our national conversation around homelessness and health. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eK63aVUm