Medical Students with Disability & Chronic Illness
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A national coalition of medical school disability student groups. Acct expresses opinions of MSDCI National #DocsWithDisabilities #DisabledDocs #MedTwitter
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Our July Newsletter is out now 🌈! Follow our socials as we share exclusive content to celebrate #DisabilityPride Month! 🧵(1/9)
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Are there any accommodations you can think of that we didn’t mention? Comment below! (6/6). #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabledAndProud #MSDCI #AccessibilityInMedicine #DocsWithDisabilities #PhysicalDisabilities
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❤️ Continuing our discussion on physical disabilities and the red stripe of the disability pride flag, today's post is about mobility and fine motor impairments. Swipe through to learn about some ways medical schools could accommodate students with these conditions! ❤️ (1/6)
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❤️ Today, we introduce the red stripe, representing physical disabilities. Physical disabilities include conditions affecting mobility, dexterity, strength, and physical endurance. ❤️ . #DisabilityPrideMonth #AccessibilityInMedicine #PhysicalDisabilities
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Join us this month in celebrating our #DisabilityPride, the progress that has been made, and the power of representation. ❤️💛🤍🩵💚. #DisabilityPrideMonth #DisabledAndProud #MSDCI #AccessibilityInMedicine #DocsWithDisabilities (9/9).
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Fun Fact: The current flag is actually a more accessible redesign of the original! The original design utilized zigzag stripes and more saturated colors. Magill received feedback from the community and updated the flag in 2021 to be more accessible! (8/9).
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As medical students, we strive to embrace our patients in all their complex diversity, and we extend that same embrace to our own disabled identities. (7/9).
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While there are distinct stripes and colors to the flag, many of us experience disabilities that do not fit into a neat category. Our identities may encompass and overlap multiple stripes, and that’s okay! (6/9).
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Charcoal, the color of the background, represents mourning—for both the lives lost to ableist violence and those who have died due to suicide. (5/9).
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The red stripe represents physical disabilities, gold represents neurodiversity, white represents undiagnosed and invisible disabilities, blue represents emotional and psychiatric disabilities, and green represents sensory disabilities. (4/9).
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The flag consists of diagonal red, gold, white, blue, and green stripes on a charcoal background. (3/9).
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The flag was originally designed by Ann Magill, a writer with cerebral palsy, in 2019 in response to a lackluster 20th anniversary celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It represents both the diversity and varied experiences of the disability community. (2/9).
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This Disability Pride Month, we’ll be structuring our content around the disability pride flag! Here’s a quick introduction to the flag before we get started 🧵: (1/9)
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July is Disability Pride Month!🎉. Join MSDCI National as we celebrate with a special social media series highlighting stories, resources, and reflections all month long!.Let’s celebrate our #DisabilityPride, the progress that has been made, and the power of representation. 💙
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