Disability data justice with Bonnie Swenor

 

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Down to the Struts welcomes disability equity researcher Bonnie Swenor for a conversation about one of Qudsiya's favorite topics: advancing data and research on the disability experience.

They dive into the early experiences that spurred Bonnie's love of science, how her disability journey impacted her pursuit of a career in public health, and using data to uplift the disabled scientists and researchers who contribute in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math.

Transcript available here


About the guest:

Headshot of Bonnie Swenor, who is a middle aged white woman with shoulder length blonde hair. She is wearing a dark suit jacket and light pink top and smiling broadly at the camera in front of a a blurred city scape background.

Bonnie Swenor

Dr. Bonnie Swenor is the Endowed Associate Professor of Disability Health and Justice at The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and holds joint appointments at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, which aims to shift the paradigm from ‘living with a disability’ to ‘thriving with a disability’.

Motivated by her personal experience with a visual disability, her work takes a data-driven approach to advancing equity for people with disabilities and promoting disability inclusion and accessibility.


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