DisabledInSTEM

💜Applications are OPEN for the 2027 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program! Join our 7th year of connecting disabled people in STEM with mentors & community. Mentors can be disabled or nondisabled allies! 📅 Apply by Dec. 11 Mentees: forms.gle/121MAZgCWBHW...
 Mentors: forms.gle/LU1NFBxCz43M...

I’m Dr. DisabledInSTEM now 💜

On April 5, 1977, people with disabilities occupied government buildings across the country with simple demands: access to education, jobs, and public spaces. It has been fifty years since the Section 504 sit-ins, but the fight for those with disabilities continues.

My PhD defense is October 23! 🥹💜 So many people in this community have supported and encouraged me throughout my PhD, and I'd love to share this milestone with you all. I'll be defending virtually at 2 PM CT, and everyone is welcome! RSVP for the Teams link: forms.gle

For the #spacetober_challenge day 20 prompt aeronautics my #histsci 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #linocut: trailblazing Canadian aeronautical engineer Elsie MacGill (1905 – 1980), born in Vancouver, became the first woman aeronautical engineer & professional aircraft designer in North America, & likely the world.

Commenting for more reach! My purple sweater is one of my favs 🙂‍↕️🧪

Spooky season is here! 💀🔬🎃 Our DisabledInSTEM “I Feel It in My Bones” shirt is perfect for scientists who love a good spooky pun! Show off your love for science and support DisabledInSTEM while you're at it. 💜 Shop here: www.bonfire.com/store/disabl...

A little more about the 2027 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program and who can participate! Whether you’re looking for mentorship or hoping to support disabled people in STEM, there’s a place for you in our community. Applications are open through Dec. 11!

If you're disabled/chronically ill/neurodivergent/Mad OR care about folks who are, sign up to mentor for DisabledInSTEM! It's a really lovely program. 🧪 ⚗️ #disabledsky #cripsky #chronicallyill #madsky #neurodiversesky

If you are part of an academic society or a professor of any kind, public statements that you do not condone Drexel cutting off the academy of natural sciences from the public of Philadelphia is very important right now. We need your voices. Urgently.

When mask bans were first being enacted, disabled people warned they marked a return to Ugly Laws. They were a crucial step towards eliminating us from public life. They were designed to make us hide away, unable to safely exist in public. Disabled people are the canaries in the coal mine.

This is an old post, but as I prepare for my program to come to an end, I have been reflecting on what diversity supplements mean for disabled scientists (a thread): 1/

The #SciArtSeptember 🧪prompt is almond-shaped. Did you know that amygdala literally means almond-shaped? I didn’t, but now we both do. I used a (open source) brain MRI to make a cyanotype print and embellished it with metallic gold to show the almond-shaped feature, the paired nuclear complex

"Heartbeet", watercolor painting on paper, animated with Photoshop and after effects

Thinking about applying to become a #FreemanHrabowski Scholar, #HannaGray Fellow, or #GilliamFellow? Our Science Programs team went live to cover key program details, elements of a strong application, & to take your questions. Watch the replay! bit.ly/4gS5DOM 🧪

Covid in 98% of airport air samples. A reminder that you can wear an n95 when you travel, even if you don’t wear one all the time, and why wouldn’t you want to avoid getting sick while you’re on a trip?

What is everyone’s favorite freshwater invertebrate? They’ll be used for a very important project 👀

You’re welcome to participate in the Chemists With Disabilities committee’s activities at #acsfall2026 in Chicago! Check details here (and in the alt text) #chemsky #disabledinstem #accessibility

This was such a wholesome wonderful article! Kudos to the author! #disabledinSTEM

What happens when barriers unrelated to scientific ability determine who gets to do science? I wrote about accessibility, mentorship, and the experiments we may never know were possible in my new piece for The Node, The Experiments We Never Run. #DisabledInSTEM thenode.biologists.com/the-experime...

It would also mean a lot if you read all the way to the bottom and give my piece a like 🤩

New on @the-node.bsky.social - an important post on the practical challenges faced by researchers with disabilities and chronic illnesses, and on how the #disabledinSTEM network supports this community to help overcome these. Thanks Alyssa for writing this. @disabledinstem.bsky.social

It would also mean a lot if you read all the way to the bottom and give my piece a like 🤩

What happens when barriers unrelated to scientific ability determine who gets to do science? I wrote about accessibility, mentorship, and the experiments we may never know were possible in my new piece for The Node, The Experiments We Never Run. #DisabledInSTEM thenode.biologists.com/the-experime...

In a world full of greedy, cruel, predatory people… be a Dolly Parton. Embrace the good. Give back to the world. Care about literacy and marginalized people and leaving this planet a little better than you found it. RIP Dolly Parton. One of the greats.

Live a life that would make Dolly proud. Demonstrate solidarity by showing up for marginalized people.

Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.

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NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

If you’re disabled and relying on someone who’s abusive for literal survival, please know you’re not alone. The lack of social supports and safety nets mean many of us get trapped in exceedingly dangerous situations. Forced to choose between help with food and meds or abuse.

You can become disabled or homeless in an instant. It just takes one accident or illness to change your life forever. It’s not a moral failing. You can’t just “try harder”. People need support, compassion and to have their basic needs met. That’s how you ensure survival.

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