Gabi and I decided that we wanted to create a book with lots of contributors with disabilities and chronic medical conditions in STEM-both field and lab and everything in between. My friend Erin Barker, who is the executive director for The Story Collider, suggested I get in touch with my co-editor Gabi Serrato Marks because she told a story about being disabled while conducting field work for her Ph.D.
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I also couldn't get my Coast Guard captain's license (I tried), and there are likely other things I cannot do anymore. I had been diagnosed with a long-term heart condition that required the insertion of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. I wrote / performed a story about when I felt unimportant in graduate school because I could no longer scuba dive in my research lab. Bayer’s new book, Uncharted, is a collection of powerful first-person stories by current and former scientists with disabilities or chronic conditions who have faced changes in their careers, including both successes and challenges, because of their health. ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities, including in employment, transportation, public accommodations, and communications, and in relation to access to state and local government services.ĭr. July is National Disability Pride Month, which commemorates the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990. Skylar Bayer and her upcoming book on disabilities and chronic medical conditions in STEM fields. In honor of National Disability Pride Month, the Alaska Region is highlighting the diverse work of biologist Dr.
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