More than thirty years after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, people with disabilities continue to face inequities in the health care system with respect to access and outcomes. Disparities in education, employment, housing, and transportation are also barriers to achieving health equity.

The October 2022 issue of Health Affairs provides a comprehensive, scholarly look at the relationship between disability and health. You are invited to join us on Monday, October 3, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. for a virtual symposium at which panels of distinguished authors and experts will present their work and engage in discussions on a range of topics.

Confirmed speakers include:

Ilhom Akobirshoev, Research Scientist, Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Richard E. Besser, President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Laurin Elizabeth Bixby, PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania
Susan A. Chapman, Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF School of Nursing
Alina Engelman, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, California State University, East Bay
Rocco Friebel, Director, Global Surgery Policy Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science
Jean P. Hall, Director, Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies, University of Kansas
Willi Horner-Johnson, Associate Professor, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, and Associate Professor, Institute on Development and Disability, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
Lisa Iezzoni, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Advisor
Tyler G. James, Research Fellow, Department of Family Medicine, Center for Disability Health and Wellness and Michigan Mixed Methods Program, University of Michigan
Colin Killick, Executive Director at Disability Policy Consortium
Tara Lagu, Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Center for Health Services & Outcomes Research, and Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine) and Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Linda Long-Bellil, Assistant Professor, E.K. Shriver Center and Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Lisa M. Meeks, Director, DocsWithDisabilities Initiative, and Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Health Sciences and Family Medicine, Center for Disability Health and Wellness, University of Michigan
Julie D. Weeks, Chief, Measures Research and Evaluation Branch, Division of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ari Ne’eman, Senior Research Associate, Harvard Law School Project on Disability, Harvard University
Willyanne DeCormier Plosky, Program Manager, Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard University
Javier Robles, Professor of Kinesiology and Health and Co-Chair, Rutgers University Disability Studies Committee, Rutgers University, Advisor
Madeline Smith-Johnson, Doctoral Student and Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Sociology Rice University, Doctoral Student and Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Sociology Rice University

Date: Monday, October 3, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 pm Eastern
Access: Open to all

Join us Thursday, October 6, for an in-person, community-based event at Main Street Connect, an accessible and inclusive apartment complex and community center in Rockville, Maryland.

The evening will include a panel discussion about unmet needs in Montgomery County's disability community and ways to address them, led by Health Affairs Director of Health Equity Vabren Watts, PhD. The event will also include screening of a short film featuring disability rights activist Judy Heumann.

The event will be livestreamed on LinkedIn. Confirmed panelists include:

Carol Beatty, Secretary of Disabilities, Maryland Department of Disabilities
Stacey Herman, Assistant Vice President of Neurodiversity and Community Workforce Development, Kennedy Krieger Institute
Odile Bruntetto, Chief Aging and Disability Services at the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
James Bridgers, Acting Chief Health Officer at the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
Gabe Albornoz, Montgomery County Councilmember, Council President, Chair of the Health and Human Services committee, and member of the Public Safety Committee
Craig Rice, Montgomery County Councilmember, Chair of Education and Culture Committee and member of Health and Human Services Committee
Others to be announced

Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (EST)
Place: Main Street Connect, 50 Monroe Place, Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Rockville Metro Station on Red Line)
Access: Open to all

Parking is available at 51 Monroe Street Garage, 51 Monroe Place, Rockville, Maryland 20850

Please join Health Affairs Director of Health Equity Vabren Watts and Director of Digital Strategy Patti Sweet as they share lessons for health policy content producers gleaned from the year-long publication process of the October 2022 Health Affairs thematic issue on Disability & Health.

Topics will include how to evaluate and improve internal procedures, technical capabilities, publications, websites, and more to ensure that they meet established best practices for equity and accessibility across the range of disabilities.

Date: Monday, October 17, 2022
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Access: Health Affairs Insiders

The centerpiece of the Health Affairs Journal Club meeting in October is "Personal Care Aides: Assessing Self Care Needs and Worker Shortages in Rural Areas." Using 2013–17 data from the American Community Survey and the Office of Management and Budget, the authors analyzed the need for personal care aide (PCA) services among adults and the supply across the US, and found the gap to be largest in the southern United States.

On October 20, please join coauthor Susan A. Chapman of the University of California San Francisco for a detailed discussion of the paper’s data, methods, and policy conclusions. Health Affairs Senior Editor Ellen Bayer will host.

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Access: Health Affairs Insiders

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