Ableism in Medicine with the Disability Advocacy Coalition

In part 2 of our series "Doctors as Patients," we continue to explore how medical students and residents with chronic illness navigate  training within a field that often places value on able-bodiedness. We chat with fourth year medical students and co-founders of the Disability Advocacy Coalition (DAC) student organization at UW SMPH: Wendy Sun, Kimberly Rosenthal, and Athena Wilson. Started in Fall 2021, DAC aims to establish a space for students struggling with medical school to talk about their concerns and offers resources for medical students with disabilities. Listen as Wendy, Kimberly, and Athena describe their individual journeys in medicine so far, frustration with ableism in medicine, and ideas for ways to make medical training more feasible for everyone.