What’s on DEC: July 2026
Catch up on the latest news and updates from DEC. Read our latest newsletter here.↗
DEC Webinar: The IDD Toolkit: Tools to Enhance Health Care for Adults with IDD
Please join us on Wednesday, August 5th at 12:00 PM EST for a Standards & Guidelines webinar: "The IDD Toolkit: Tools to Enhance Health Care for Adults with IDD". Automated captioning will be provided. ASL Interpretation is available upon request…
CANCELLED: 6/3/26 DEC Research Presentation: Advancing Cancer Screening Among Americans Who Use Sign Language
Unfortunately, we have had to cancel our research presentation on June 3, 2026. We will reschedule for a later date. Please find the prior description below. Dr. Poorna Kushalnagar will present on a randomized trial that paired deaf, deafblind, and…
NOW AVAILABLE: Accessible Healthcare for People with Disabilities: An Implementation Guide for Healthcare Organizations
ACCESS THE GUIDE HERE↗ People with disabilities continue to face significant barriers to high-quality healthcare. DEC's new Implementation Guide is a comprehensive resource to help healthcare organizations close those gaps. Designed for organizations of all sizes — from small rural…
ACTION ALERT: Advocate for Disability as a Demographic in the EHR
Join DEC in urging the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to create a new electronic health record (EHR) data element to record Disability Status as a demographic! ONC sets the standards for all EHRs in…
DEC Research Presentation: Disability Perspectives on the Adverse Effects of Medical Ableism
You’re invited! Please join us on Wednesday, March 4th at 12:00 PM EST for DEC's first research presentation of 2026: "Disability Perspectives on the Adverse Effects of Medical Ableism". Dr. Jae Kennedy will discuss preliminary findings from his grant-funded project,…
Join us for our February Research Presentation: Disability and Health-Related Social Needs
You're invited! Please join us on Wednesday, February 5th at 12p ET for the DEC February Research Presentation entitled: Disability and Health-Related Social Needs. More details HERE.
Communication Tool Now Available for Public Use!
The PCORI-funded Interact Trial engaged patients with communication disabilities to compare the effectiveness of two interventions to increase primary care clinicians’ use of communication strategies, improving the quality of their communication with patients with communication disabilities (CD). For the intervention,…
September 4th DEC Webinar: Implications for Health Systems & Teams
Join us on Wednesday, September 4th to discuss the implications on health systems and teams of HHS' new final rules for Section 504 of the Rehab Act and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Registration is required, please click…