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Interview: "The Threat That CRISPR Poses to Disabled People"
Brink News, March 15, 2021.
The gene-editing technology CRISPR promises enormous potential as a therapeutic for curing illnesses, including potentially devising new vaccines.
But the disabled community is becoming increasingly concerned about the possibility of using CRISPR to eliminate so-called defective genes in the embryo. This raises profound questions about what it means to be disabled and the need to embrace diversity.
ReadOp-Ed: "The Dark Side of CRISPR."
With Rosemarie Garland-Thompson, Scientific American. February 2021.
Its potential ability to “fix” people at the genetic level is a threat to those who are judged by society to be biologically inferior.
Podcast: Identity and Healthcare Experience
Advocates in Action Podcast, National Patient Advocate Foundation. Episode 2 Season 6, 2022
Every day, our experiences are shaped by our race, gender and even our age. But how does our identity shape the health care we receive and provide?
Listen as Hanane Abdalla, Arthur Pope, MD, PhD and Sandra Sufian, PhD, MPH share their stories about how their identities impact their lives, their work and their ability to deliver and receive equitable health care.
ListenPodcast: Familial Fitness: Adoption and Disability in Modern America
Disability History Association Podcast. Podcast Episode 41, 2023
Listen to Sandy Sufian discussing her book
Familial Fitness: Disability, Adoption, and Family in Modern America.
ListenPodcast: Disability and the Pace of Accomplishment
University of Washington School of Medicine Faculty Affairs – Thrivecast. Episode 40. November 28, 2023.
Dr. Sandy Sufian shares about needs of faculty with disabilities and suggests ways to make the workplace more equitable. Dr. Sufian recommends reframing productivity with a holistic view, valuing contributions made rather than time to completion. She explains the differences between accommodations and universal design, and how we can make system changes that will reduce stigma and make the academy a better workplace for everyone.
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