Frontiers in Education (Oct 2021)
Supporting Equity and Inclusion of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals in Professional Organizations
- Julia Jones Huyck,
- Kelsey L. Anbuhl,
- Brad N. Buran,
- Henry J. Adler,
- Samuel R. Atcherson,
- Ozan Cakmak,
- Robert T. Dwyer,
- Morgan Eddolls,
- Fadhel El May,
- Juergen-Theodor Fraenzer,
- Rebekah Funkhouser,
- Mathilde Gagliardini,
- Frederick J. Gallun,
- Raymond L. Goldsworthy,
- Samir Gouin,
- Joseph Heng,
- Ariel Edward Hight,
- Zina Jawadi,
- Damir Kovacic,
- Rachit Kumar,
- Santosh Kumar,
- Stacey R. Lim,
- Chengeng Mo,
- Lisa S. Nolan,
- Alexandra Parbery-Clark,
- Dominic V. Pisano,
- Valluri R. Rao,
- Robert M. Raphael,
- Lina A. J. Reiss,
- Nathaniel J. Spencer,
- Stephen J. Tang,
- Viral D. Tejani,
- Viral D. Tejani,
- Emma D. Tran,
- Mikaeel Valli,
- Greg D. Watkins,
- Rachel V. Wayne,
- Lindsey R. Wheeler,
- Stephanie L. White,
- Victor Wong,
- M. Caroline Yuk,
- J. Tilak Ratnanather,
- Peter S. Steyger
Affiliations
- Julia Jones Huyck
- Speech Pathology and Audiology, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United States
- Kelsey L. Anbuhl
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, United States
- Brad N. Buran
- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
- Henry J. Adler
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
- Samuel R. Atcherson
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States
- Ozan Cakmak
- New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, United States
- Robert T. Dwyer
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
- Morgan Eddolls
- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
- Fadhel El May
- University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Juergen-Theodor Fraenzer
- Bioglobe GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
- Rebekah Funkhouser
- 0Department of Audiology, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
- Mathilde Gagliardini
- 1Institut de l’Audition, Institut Pasteur, INSERM, Paris, France
- Frederick J. Gallun
- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
- Raymond L. Goldsworthy
- 2Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Samir Gouin
- 3McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Joseph Heng
- 4Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
- Ariel Edward Hight
- 5NYU Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY, United States
- Zina Jawadi
- 6David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Damir Kovacic
- 7Faculty of Science, University of Split, Split, Croatia
- Rachit Kumar
- 8Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Santosh Kumar
- 9National Centre for Cell Science, S. P. Pune University Campus, Pune, India
- Stacey R. Lim
- 0Department of Audiology, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, United States
- Chengeng Mo
- 1Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong KongSAR, China
- Lisa S. Nolan
- 2Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
- Alexandra Parbery-Clark
- 3Swedish Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
- Dominic V. Pisano
- 4Department of Anesthesiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
- Valluri R. Rao
- 5Independent researcher, Saratoga, CA, United States
- Robert M. Raphael
- 6Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
- Lina A. J. Reiss
- Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
- Nathaniel J. Spencer
- 7Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, United States
- Stephen J. Tang
- 8Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, Portland, OR, United States
- Viral D. Tejani
- 9Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Viral D. Tejani
- 0Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Emma D. Tran
- 1Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
- Mikaeel Valli
- 2Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Greg D. Watkins
- 3School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW, Australia
- Rachel V. Wayne
- 4University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Lindsey R. Wheeler
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
- Stephanie L. White
- 5School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, United States
- Victor Wong
- 6Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States
- M. Caroline Yuk
- 7Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
- J. Tilak Ratnanather
- 8Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
- Peter S. Steyger
- 9Translational Hearing Center, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, United States
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.755457
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6
Abstract
Disability is an important and often overlooked component of diversity. Individuals with disabilities bring a rare perspective to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) because of their unique experiences approaching complex issues related to health and disability, navigating the healthcare system, creatively solving problems unfamiliar to many individuals without disabilities, managing time and resources that are limited by physical or mental constraints, and advocating for themselves and others in the disabled community. Yet, individuals with disabilities are underrepresented in STEMM. Professional organizations can address this underrepresentation by recruiting individuals with disabilities for leadership opportunities, easing financial burdens, providing equal access, fostering peer-mentor groups, and establishing a culture of equity and inclusion spanning all facets of diversity. We are a group of deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HH) engineers, scientists, and clinicians, most of whom are active in clinical practice and/or auditory research. We have worked within our professional societies to improve access and inclusion for D/HH individuals and others with disabilities. We describe how different models of disability inform our understanding of disability as a form of diversity. We address heterogeneity within disabled communities, including intersectionality between disability and other forms of diversity. We highlight how the Association for Research in Otolaryngology has supported our efforts to reduce ableism and promote access and inclusion for D/HH individuals. We also discuss future directions and challenges. The tools and approaches discussed here can be applied by other professional organizations to include individuals with all forms of diversity in STEMM.
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