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A headshot photo of Dr. Farzana Ali. PHOTO COURTESY OF FARZANA ALI

Intersectional identities in medicine and research: Dr. Farzana Ali’s journey

Lori Saxena • February 14, 2023
For Ali, an international student a woman of color who uses a wheelchair, the path to finishing her doctorate was neither linear nor traditional.
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A window in the Student Activities Center adorned sticky notes about how disabilities have effected their life. GARY GHAYRAT/THE STATESMAN

Don’t make it tougher for people with disabilities

Joshua Blake • October 21, 2019
I decided to look up “Disability Reporting Jobs” on Google, with hopes of receiving information regarding job openings for journalists with disabilities such as myself. The results that popped up were articles about employment issues involving people with disabilities and how Social Security can help if you have one. Although none of this was relevant to my situation, I did find one article intriguing.
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Demonstrators march on campus in the Disability March Protest on April 10, 2019. EMMA HARRIS/THE STATESMAN

Students protest campus ADA violations

Mike Adams • April 11, 2019
Nizam, along with around 80 other students and campus activists, gathered on Wednesday afternoon for a march to demand better accommodations for students with disabilities.
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The inside of the Educational Communications Center. SARA RUBERG/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook has major accessibility issues

Allilsa Fernandez • March 24, 2019
I asked if a wheelchair was provided, as requested in my accommodation email, to which I was told no one made sure I would have one. When I asked who is responsible for accommodations, I was told they didn’t know.
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A parking lot handicap sign. According to the World Health Organization, over 1 billion people, about 15% of the worlds population, lives with some form of disability. STEVE JOHNSON/FLICKR VIA CC BY 2.0

We need to rethink the word “disability”

Joshua Blake • February 8, 2019
Why do we categorize people with physical or mental limitations as disabled? This never made sense to me, even when I was a kid. I'd prefer the term handicapped over disabled because, in my mind, I was never a non-functional human.
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Actor Bryan Cranston at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival. MARTIN J KRAFT/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VIA CC BY SA 3.0

Questioning the appropriate definition of “disability”

Joshua Blake • January 20, 2019
We can’t handle seeing a disabled actor in a lead role on screen in this country, because we don't understand what the word “disability” really means.
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Protesters at a disability rights rally. SINN FEIN/FLICKR VIA CC BY 2.0

My fears about the future

Joshua Blake • November 27, 2018
It’s weird being a college student for seven years. You start to wonder if you’ll pull through this journey, and then you start wondering when?
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The paradox of the paraplegic

Michael Kohut • February 12, 2017
It sucks, but a hard truth about being disabled is that sometimes, due to nonchalant oversight by others, you’ll get screwed over.
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Just say hi and Ill say bye

Just say “hi” and I’ll say “bye”

Michael Kohut • November 3, 2015
Saying "hi" to a person with a disability isn’t your good deed for the day; we feel annoyed and uncomfortable when people do this to us.
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Medical anthropologist studies perception of disabilities in India

Medical anthropologist studies perception of disabilities in India

Mahreen Khan • February 5, 2015
In her new book called Stony Brook University medical anthropologist Michele Friedner explores not only the ways in which deafness and disability are perceived.
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Off the reel: indie film “Snow Cake” warms viewers’ hearts

Robert Cimino • October 13, 2014
"Snow Cake" explores the unconventional relationship between an adult woman with autism, Linda Freeman (Sigourney Weaver) and a sour, quiet man named Alex Hughes (Alan Rickman).
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