Podcast Episode Details
Back to Podcast Episodes
Disabled Scientists Are Often Excluded From The Lab
Scientists and students with disabilities are often excluded from laboratories — in part because of how they're designed. Emily Kwong speaks to disabled scientist Krystal Vasquez on how her disability changed her relationship to science, how scientific research can become more accessible, and how STEMM fields need to change to be more welcoming to disabled scientists.
Read Krystal's article in Chemistry World, 'Excluded From The Lab.'
You can email Short Wave at ShortWave@npr.org.
Published on 4 years, 7 months ago