The Access In Medicine Disability Equity Book Club's next selection is Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau.

 

"Emily Ladau provides a welcoming, easy-to-read guide to disability. I highly recommend this book to readers seeking to deepen their understanding of disability and ableism." 

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Haben Girma
Human Rights Lawyer, Speaker,

and Author of Haben:

The Deafblind Woman Who

Conquered Harvard Law

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1. Register for each meeting. We encourage you to save the meeting to your calendar when prompted, which will include the meeting link. 

2. Read the assigned chapter. 

3. Attend the meeting to learn from peers and experts! Note: The book club is a reflective opportunity and you will have the option of contributing, but is a large group webinar format.

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Book Club is 4-5 pm EST. With the exception of the  final event with the author, which begins at

3:30 pm EST.

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Book club meetings are recorded and will be available on this website within 30 days following each meeting.

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We do not offer CEU's for this activity.

Each meeting is facilitated by experienced disability equity professionals who will facilitate a group discussion of each chapter.

 

The goal of the book club is to educate and empower health professions education stakeholders (e.g., diversity teams, DRP's, staff, faculty, students) to become thoughtful, informed allies to disabled people and how they can help make the world a more accessible, inclusive place.

 

RSVPs are required for each meeting. Review the schedule and RSVP today!

Meetings will be held virtually via Zoom and captioning will be provided for each meeting.

 

We invite you to request for accommodations and kindly request that you request accommodations two weeks in advance of each meeting. Requests for ASL can be made when you register. For other accessibility or accommodation requests please email us.

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