Disability Archives

10.25.2018 Two hearing aids

Hearing Loss is Memory Loss

Asri Maharani and colleagues followed patients for 18 years to measure associations between hearing aid use and episodic memory. Memory loss slowed after participants started using hearing aids.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

06.01.2018 Closeup of a person wearing a Respiratory oxygen nasal catheter

Trans Health Matters

Transgender individuals face increased risk of both HIV and depression. Using Medicare data, Dragon and colleagues identified additional increased risks for chronic diseases such as COPD and chronic kidney disease.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

05.04.2018 Two graphs showing probability of arrest for people with and without disabilities

Disability, Race, and the Risk of Arrest

Individuals with disabilities have a higher probability of being arrested across all races, per a study in the American Journal of Public Health.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

12.04.2017 a number written on a white paper

If They Don't Count Us, We Don't Count

The collection of population-level data on sexual orientation and gender identity are extremely important to better understand the experiences of LGBT Americans. Momentum on adding these questions to surveys appears to have ground to a halt under the Trump-Pence Administration.

Guest Author Sean Cahill

03.10.2017 William “Nick” Crow boarding THE RIDE

The ADA, 27 Years On

William “Nick” Crow discusses THE RIDE, the challenges and gaps in accessibility presented by old architecture, and how the ADA has made countless tiny reconfigurations to our landscape.

Guest Author Kendra Sims

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