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Jul 24, 2023

For Disability Pride Month, Dr. Stephanie Van, a Johns Hopkins rehabilitation physician and founder of YouTube’s @‌ThisAbilityClinic, talks with Lindsay Smith Rogers about her work as a pain management specialist and disability advocate. They discuss how she helps patients with newly acquired disabilities and what she’s learned about the disability community in the process, as well as what needs to change from the individuals to industries to make the world a little more inclusive. This episode is also available as a video here: https://youtu.be/T2PUYFOBVYk 

Learn more about disability and accessibility with the resources recommended in this episode by Dr. Van:

Hashtags to follow on social media: #Disability, #Accessibility, #DisabilityVisibility

Read or listen: Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau

This episode was co-produced by Aliza Rosen