All disability articles
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NewsScientific societies fail to capture members’ true diversity
US Stem organisations urged to collect more inclusive demographic data to better support distinct underrepresented groups
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Research
Protein-shaped sweets help students understand complex molecular structures
Edible protein models that can be identified by mouth could make chemistry education more inclusive to blind and visually impaired students
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Careers
One researcher’s fight to open labs to service dogs
Researcher Joey Ramp’s brain injury and nerve damage meant that she needed a service dog in the lab, and roadblocks ended her PhD pursuit
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Careers
Underrepresented scientists hardest hit by pandemic
The effects of Covid-19 have exacerbated existing inequalities in academia
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Opinion
Disabled scientists excluded from the lab
Inaccessibility continues to push disabled researchers out of science
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Review
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
Accounts of grief and joy, independence and interdependence, challenge and transformative creativity
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Careers
Online events aren’t automatically accessible
With lectures moving online long-term, online accessibility benefits need building on
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Feature
Accessible science education
Nina Notman hears from some of the leading lights in the quest to make chemistry education accessible to all
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Careers
'How pragmatic is it to be a blind scientist?’
Mona Minkara on not letting loss of vision end her science ambitions
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Careers
Signing science
Helen Carmichael reports on a project that’s making sign language scientifically articulate
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Careers
Access all areas
How do aspiring chemists with disabilities fare at university, and where can they get support? Helen Carmichael talks to staff and students at one university to find out
