Medical Students with Disability & Chronic Illness

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"We hope that the success of our programs helps show how structured peer support and proactive administrative collaboration are instrumental in fostering a truly inclusive medical school culture."

-Adrienne Lodise,BS, MPH, MS3, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

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[...] for patients and take the needs of people with disabilities into account."

-Jeffery Truong, MPH, MBS and Alicia Knickerbocker, BS, MS3 students at Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine

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"[Our disability care elective] is helping, basically, to address and understand both needs and the existing ableism in clinical practice and also trying to apply communication and care strategies that actually work [...]"

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“This is not about working harder. It is about Access. Systems. and Safety.” - Kruti Desai, BA, MS3

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“Adaptive fitness helps to foster connections for individuals with different experiences and help them seamlessly integrate fitness into daily life”.

-Ramya Nissankula, BS, MS3 at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
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“We can’t fix the whole system, but we can do our best to ensure that the care offered to patients with disabilities does not exacerbate current inequities.”
-Alexandria Kemp, MS3, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo
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“DM3P is a place where members can see and think through a whole plethora of possible paths. It’s this collective wisdom that serves as a nutrient for support”.

-Zoey Martin-Lockhart, MA, PhDc, University of Illinois Chicago
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“If you have something you’re comfortably publicly disclosing, it’s incredible to share your story and use a structured framework to help develop lasting change.” - Gianna Minuto, B.S. & Joseph Pastore, B.S., MS2s
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“A disability services office is not an emergency room. The process takes time and is not retroactive. However, there is no true deadline to request equitable access.” - Jen Prosceo, MS, ADACC
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"The general problem for physicians is they aren’t taught how to effectively communicate with patients through interpreters.” - Ellie Warren B.S., MS1
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“Many Deaf women every year get a Pap smear, but there's no universal sign for Pap smear or uterus… It's a big learning curve developing these signs. Not every individual who signs would know words like the supraspinatus but this vocabulary is designed for medical professionals”

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“The quality of health care of the Deaf community is low. Physicians aren’t able to spend the time explaining things."

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“Representatives do respond very well to how their policies impact the communities people are a part of. Being able to communicate that to our representatives does a lot more than people think.” - Annika Agrawal, BS, MS2

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“Policy moves slowly, much of it behind the scenes, but there are many opportunities to use your voice, and the impact goes farther than you might think.”

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"Disability is not inherently negative.” - Arden Parrish, BS, MS1 at University of Michigan School of Medicine

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“Disability has historically been seen as a problem to be solved and cured in medicine… what if we didn’t view disability as a deficit to be filled or a problem to be solved but as a source of pride and connection?"

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“Accommodations are more than legal compliance. They are modifications to a program, policy, or environment to provide equal access for an otherwise qualified student with a disability.” - Jen Prosceo, MS, ADACC, Director of the Office of Disability Resources
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"Once you integrate your illness experiences into your personal narrative, you begin to stand with yourself differently." - Patricia Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R

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Our keynote session featuring Patricia Fennell is starting now! #MSDCIConference2026

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Introducing the keynote speaker for MSDCI's 1st Regional Conference! Widely known as the creator of the Fennell Four-Phase Treatment Model, Patricia Fennell is a nationwide leader in chronic-illness care advancement.

Register here: https://t.co/JcZmYhTgKZ

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"In order to survive this phase, we need to build our own narrative and ask ourselves: Who am I now? And who do I want to become?"