Disability Studies Interest Group

The Disability Studies in Medicine Interest Group aims to provide medical learners with opportunities to become better allies to the disability community and to learn how to approach their future medical practice through an inclusive and anti-ableist lens.

Education opportunities organized by the group include topics such as the social model of disability, disability history and culture, universal design. and more. Education sessions are to be planned in consultation with individuals with disabilities as the group abides by the common phrase in disability studies and the disability community “nothing about us without us”.

The overarching goal of the group is to equip medical learners with the knowledge and awareness to provide inclusive, anti-ableist and barrier-free care to patients in the future.