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We are here to affirm that you DO belong in STEM! This is a safe space for people with disabilities in STEM to connect. Contact: disabledinstem@gmail.com

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Death Cab for Callie, MS @deathcab4callie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is an old post, but as I prepare for my program to come to an end, I have been reflecting on what diversity supplements mean for disabled scientists (a thread): 1/
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A lot of people are not well right now: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This is an excellent time to de-escalate conflicts and to lean into patience. This is true in our personal lives and also (maybe especially) online when it's overwhelmingly strangers crashing into each other.
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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The #SciArtSeptember 🧪prompt is almond-shaped. Did you know that amygdala literally means almond-shaped? I didn’t, but now we both do. I used a (open source) brain MRI to make a cyanotype print and embellished it with metallic gold to show the almond-shaped feature, the paired nuclear complex
As described I used a (open source) brain MRI to make a cyanotype print and embellished it with metallic gold to show the almond-shaped amygdala, the paired nuclear complex present. It’s labelled “Amygdala” in gold and signed Ele Willoughby, 2026.
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Gabriela Rhinier @gabalut.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"Heartbeet", watercolor painting on paper, animated with Photoshop and after effects
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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thinking about applying to become a #FreemanHrabowski Scholar, #HannaGray Fellow, or #GilliamFellow? Our Science Programs team went live to cover key program details, elements of a strong application, & to take your questions. Watch the replay! bit.ly/4gS5DOM 🧪
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Becoming an HHMI Scientist (for Potential Program Applicants)
HHMI's June 2026 live virtual event was a chance for early career scientists to learn more and ask questions about HHMI's upcoming competitions — the Freeman Hrabowski Scholars and Hanna H. Gray Fellows Programs (applications open Nov. 3, 2026), and the Gilliam Fellows Program (applications open Sept. 1, 2026) — which provide generous support to scientists from graduate training through the early faculty years. Featuring Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer Leslie Vosshall; Scientific Program Officers Josh Hall, Angela DePace, and Jose Faraldo-Gomez; and Senior Science Program Coordinator Adrielle Munger, the event covered everything from the details of each program to what HHMI looks for in candidates, and key elements of a strong application. Visit hhmi.org/programs to learn more, and stay connected via email (https://www.hhmi.org/newsletters) and social (below) for regular updates. _____ Follow HHMI https://www.instagram.com/hhmi_science/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/howard-hughes-medical-institute https://www.facebook.com/HowardHughesMed https://x.com/hhmi_science Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hhmi-science.bsky.social
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Stephanie Baker @stephabaker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Covid in 98% of airport air samples. A reminder that you can wear an n95 when you travel, even if you don’t wear one all the time, and why wouldn’t you want to avoid getting sick while you’re on a trip?
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Meg Mindlin @invertebabe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What is everyone’s favorite freshwater invertebrate? They’ll be used for a very important project 👀
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ACS Chemists with Disabilities Committee (CWD) @acscwd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
You’re welcome to participate in the Chemists With Disabilities committee’s activities at #acsfall2026 in Chicago! Check details here (and in the alt text) #chemsky #disabledinstem #accessibility
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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This was such a wholesome wonderful article! Kudos to the author! #disabledinSTEM
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What happens when barriers unrelated to scientific ability determine who gets to do science? I wrote about accessibility, mentorship, and the experiments we may never know were possible in my new piece for The Node, The Experiments We Never Run. #DisabledInSTEM thenode.biologists.com/the-experime...
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The Experiments We Never Run - the Node
Somewhere, there’s a paper that will not get written. Before there’s a scientific paper, someone has to be there to ask the right question, design the
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It would also mean a lot if you read all the way to the bottom and give my piece a like 🤩
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Katherine Brown @katherine-brown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New on @the-node.bsky.social - an important post on the practical challenges faced by researchers with disabilities and chronic illnesses, and on how the #disabledinSTEM network supports this community to help overcome these. Thanks Alyssa for writing this. @disabledinstem.bsky.social
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The Experiments We Never Run - the Node
Somewhere, there’s a paper that will not get written. Before there’s a scientific paper, someone has to be there to ask the right question, design the
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It would also mean a lot if you read all the way to the bottom and give my piece a like 🤩
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Dr Allison Andrews @doctorallisona.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The advice I was given was to ask after being accepted. Basically make sure they definitely want before negotiating the accommodations you want. That being said, I’ve not yet had the chance to try this myself, so cannot confirm how well it works.
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Dr Allison Andrews @doctorallisona.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
During my PhD I attended a seminar on where to go next with academic and research careers. I had one question: “are there any part-time postdoc positions?” I didn’t get an answer. That silence showed me just how big the barrier was for us with disabilities.
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Dr Kiri Thornalley @kizzythechemist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
>"I think about the person who’s never met another disabled scientist further along and starts quietly shrinking what they think is possible for themselves."
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What happens when barriers unrelated to scientific ability determine who gets to do science? I wrote about accessibility, mentorship, and the experiments we may never know were possible in my new piece for The Node, The Experiments We Never Run. #DisabledInSTEM thenode.biologists.com/the-experime...
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The Experiments We Never Run - the Node
Somewhere, there’s a paper that will not get written. Before there’s a scientific paper, someone has to be there to ask the right question, design the
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In a world full of greedy, cruel, predatory people… be a Dolly Parton. Embrace the good. Give back to the world. Care about literacy and marginalized people and leaving this planet a little better than you found it. RIP Dolly Parton. One of the greats.
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The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Live a life that would make Dolly proud. Demonstrate solidarity by showing up for marginalized people.
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly is gone, but I'll always appreciate her funding and publicly receiving the Moderna vaccine, in addition to her advocacy to wipe out childhood illiteracy.
Picture of Dolly Parton with a mask on with the headline from The New York Times "Dolly parton, who helped fund the moderna vaccine, gets a dose of her own medicine." The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to "get out there and get your shot"
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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:
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NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy
US biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers as ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo.
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
If you’re disabled and relying on someone who’s abusive for literal survival, please know you’re not alone. The lack of social supports and safety nets mean many of us get trapped in exceedingly dangerous situations. Forced to choose between help with food and meds or abuse.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
You can become disabled or homeless in an instant. It just takes one accident or illness to change your life forever. It’s not a moral failing. You can’t just “try harder”. People need support, compassion and to have their basic needs met. That’s how you ensure survival.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Miss you (my healthy body) 


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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hell yeah. Get one at squidfacts.net
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Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop!
The Squid Facts shop supports Skype a Scientist! We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, and libraries. We also connect people with science using street art murals, and more! Learn more abo...
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 01/08/2026
Watercolors inspired by the work of pioneering neuroscientists. Originals, not prints, one of each artologica.etsy.com #sciart
blue watercolors of a pyramidal cell and a purkinje cell
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/08/2026
As we recall the trauma caused by COVID in 2020, we should not forget COVID continues to harm. Many still suffer from Long COVID, people who mask are often harassed, and we haven’t scaled clean air infrastructure. If we truly acknowledge past harms, we should be working to create a better future.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"oh everything is misogyny/ableism/racism to you," folks, fellas, lads, I have news for you
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Well here's a crisis we can almost all do something about, so that's a silver lining
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Disability Pride Month felt quieter this year. A few years ago, organizations regularly reached out to highlight disabled scientists and talk about accessibility in STEM. This year, many of those conversations seemed to disappear. But disabled scientists and accessibility barriers didn't disappear.
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Sue Librarian Ph.D. @suelibrarian.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
OPEN TO ALL: "...leveraging the medium of comics to propose diverse perspectives on healthcare, illness, disability, or social medicine..." #comics #disability #disabilities #chronic #ableism @disabledinstem.bsky.social ---Registration and other info below tinyurl.com/2kh9eb8w
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Graphic Medicine 2026 Conference
The conference will explore the many ways graphic medicine authors, artists, and scholars leverage the medium of comics to propose diverse perspectives on healthcare
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Disability Pride Month felt quieter this year. A few years ago, organizations regularly reached out to highlight disabled scientists and talk about accessibility in STEM. This year, many of those conversations seemed to disappear. But disabled scientists and accessibility barriers didn't disappear.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
look, I know that walks are good for my mental health blah blah blah, but how do I stop my mind from throwing every anxiety spiral thought about illness, grief, loss, death, pain, taxes at me while Im walking? Its like walking clears out the extant mess in my mind but it just fills up with anxiety.
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Jimothy is a disabled icon. Eat shit, ableists.
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Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you, like me, just had a bunch of rain and your AQI didn’t go down as much as you maybe thought it would: AQI isn’t just particles, it is also a few gases. Rain is really good at removing particles, gases less so. Also if your rain came with lightning, it could’ve made more of the gases!
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
When I explain to peeps how much we do in research labs for how few $$, they simply don’t believe me. I once explained it to a famous person from Pixar, he looked me square in the eye and said “You mean all the cancer, vision, and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be %#ing kidding me!”
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Recovery may have slowed me down, but it hasn't stopped me! Proud to have completed the ReclaimingSTEM Institute's seminar series during recovery. Grateful for the chance to keep learning, exploring career paths, and reminding myself that progress doesn't always happen on the timeline we expect.
Certificate of Completion awarded to Alyssa Paparella for successfully completing the ReclaimingSTEM Institute's "Putting Science to Work" seminar series. The certificate recognizes completion of five contact hours focused on science policy, diplomacy, and science communication and is signed by Co-Directors Evelyn Valdez-Ward and Rob "Bear" Ulrich.
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Rune @runefar.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This is something I and others have been warning about for awhile and it is great though scary too to have more visible coverage of the reality that individuals with accommodations are unfortunately being put at risk by overily broad bans on technology in classrooms #disabilitySKY #disabledinSTEM
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Sue Librarian Ph.D. @suelibrarian.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
JOB - Digital Accessibility Coordinator at @jhu.edu. Please spread this around. @disabledinstem.bsky.social hiring.jhu.edu/careers/job/...
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Digital Accessibility Coordinator (IT@JH University Information Systems) | Johns Hopkins University
IT@JH University Information Systems (UIS) is seeking a Digital Accessibility Coordinator who will be the primary accessibility technology leader with responsibility for the support, technical directi...
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Ariel M. (she/her) @byarielm.fyi · 28/05/2026
Hyppeeeeeee about this You can subscribe at @moderation.blacksky.app and report by click the three dots on a post, select a category (or Other if unsure), then select Blacksky mod and add a note for why you’re reporting #DisabledInSTEM #DiSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social 🧪
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Several people have reached out asking how they can help during my recovery. I wasn't sure what to say, so I put together a small Amazon wishlist for anyone who was interested.
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Check out my list on Amazon
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Molecular Oncology @moloncology.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We’re thrilled to reveal the winners of the Molecular Oncology Writing Contest 2026! 🎉 🏆 Muhammad Habiburrahman 🥈 Alyssa Paparella 🥉 Ihsaan Jama ➡️ Read their essays on: febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/... 👏 Congratulations! Way to go! #SciComm #FEBS #WritingCommunity #OpenAccess
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Heather Brown-Harding @microscopyed.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My daughter was recently diagnosed with Alpha-Gal Syndrome from a tick bite. Why am I announcing this? Because, unlike Lyme Disease, where a tick needs to be attached for ~24 hours before transmission, AGS only needs a tick to attach (think 15 mins). Be safe out there. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Geographic Distribution of Suspected Alpha-gal ...
This report describes the number of suspected Alpha ...
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A new paper suggests that grant terminations from the NIH over the past year may have further punctured the so-called "leaky pipeline" because women were more impacted by grant terminations than men www.statnews.com/2026/03/23/n...
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NIH grant terminations affected women scientists more than men, study finds
A new paper shows that women, particularly those early in their careers, have been disproportionately affected by NIH grant terminations
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Jonas Sundberg @sundberg.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
We have established a neurodivergent community on Discourse, autistic-academics.discourse.group, and we're still looking for people interesting in helping moderating/administration AS well as being members of the community. Please spread! #chemsky
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Autistic Academics
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Dr Stephen Hendry @drstephenhendry.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The @rsc.org Gants for Carers offer up to £1,200/year to help chemists cover additional care costs so they can fully join conferences & training. Open to chemistry students & professionals #ChemSky #DisabledInSTEM #NADSN Apply: rsc.li/4sD6x4o
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