Dare To Be Aware

Raising awareness, promoting inclusion, striving for equity for disabled, chronically ill, neurodiverse genetic counsellors.

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Dare To Be Aware is taking a break from all activities due to severe illness in our Founder’s family. We will be back as soon as possible.

[Dare To Be Aware @AwareDare]

Dare To Be Aware aims to raise awareness, promote inclusion, and strive for equity for disabled, chronically ill and/or neurodiverse genetic counsellors, current students and future students. Website: https://t.co/FzeVf8HOI6.

[Dare To Be Aware @AwareDare]

Dare To Be Aware has an open survey to help us craft useful and accessible webinars.

We would love to hear more from:
- Applicants @SCaGCPSN
- Students @NSGC_SNG_SIG
- GCs from countries other than Australia.

Survey link: https://t.co/xaqD5T4ck4.

[Dare To Be Aware @AwareDare]

#GCChat - please share in your networks to ensure a wide range of people shape our webinars to be the best they can be. Thank you!

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@minoritygenetic @GeneticCouns @TheACMG @GeneticsSociety @ISONG_news @PAGenetics @GCA_Assoc @SCaGCPSN Thanks for the retweet! Super keen to get as many perspectives as possible to help shape these webinars to be the best they can be. 👍🏻

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@GCAustralasia Thanks for the signal boost! It’s much appreciated! 👍🏻

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Signal boost?
@GCAustralasia
@AusClinGen
@UTS_GC
@GeneticCouns
@minoritygenetic
@GCs4Change
@TheDNAExchange
@beaglelanded
@BlackInGenetics

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Dare To Be Aware is interested in convening webinars. We’d love to hear from #GCChat!

We’d like to know:
- Would you attend a webinar?
- What would you like to learn about?
- What accessibility features are absolute must haves?
- Should contributors be compensated and how?

[Dare To Be Aware @AwareDare]

Dare To Be Aware aims to raise awareness, promote inclusion, and strive for equity for disabled, chronically ill and/or neurodiverse genetic counsellors, current students and future students. Website: https://t.co/FzeVf8HOI6

[Dare To Be Aware @AwareDare]

Are there any #ActuallyAutistic people in #GCChat who would like to participate in this important research? An #ActuallyAutistic person was involved in study design.

[LorynB @LorynByres]

We need more autistic perspectives guiding healthcare practices! We are looking for #autistic people to participate in our survey collecting autistic opinions on genetic testing for ASD. #ActuallyAutistic
#AllAutistics #AskAnAutistic #AskingAutistics
https://t.co/oHHOCeX4a5

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See the full blog post "Ableism: how can we be less ableist?" for more tips: https://t.co/sH0h5znzeR

You can make a positive difference in #GCChat today.
Check it out and share in your networks.
#DareToBeAware #DisabilityIsDiversity #Disability #ChronicIllness #Neurodiversity

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Accommodations are super important to increase equity for disabled, chronically ill and neurodiverse students and colleagues.

Accommodations = better GCs = patients get a better service = winning!

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Advertise accommodations in postgraduate programs and workplaces and enable people to access them.

An introduction to accommodations can be found here: https://t.co/YS4coGhJRO

The Job Accommodation Network hosts a database to identify accommodations: https://t.co/aETHZvnGQ9

[Dare To Be Aware @AwareDare]

@minoritygenetic We would love to discuss with you how Dare To Be Aware can better serve and amplify the voices of this community! We will be in touch.

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We were super excited to receive some feedback!

It was constructive feedback.

And we REALLY appreciate it. 😍

[Genetic Counselors @GeneticCouns]

"Genetic counseling and MS are a part of my identity, and I'm proud of that." Lauren Sferrazza shares her experiences as a genetic counselor living with multiple sclerosis and the resources available to GCs with disabilities. #GCChat #NDEAM

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"There are graduate programs that won't accommodate students with chronic illnesses."
As a GC with a genetic disability, Sarah Hunt of @CUCancerCenter provides a unique and valuable perspective on accommodations for students and employees. #GCChat #NDEAM

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If you have feedback or would like to pitch a blog post please email [email protected]. We are looking forward to your email! ✉️
#DareToBeAware #DisabilityIsDiversity #Disability #ChronicIllness #Neurodiversity

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We welcome blog submissions from people with more than one minoritised identitity. However, we recognise that this is emotional labour that you may not want engage in, and are not obligated to engage in.