ALT Navy blue and gold graphic featuring a quote from Dr. Andrea Lendaris, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Associate Clerkship Director at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: “I was okay to work, but I felt very much so that my emotions were right underneath the surface. You know how intern year is. You’re exhausted ... I was a bit hesitant, but in the end, I just felt like I got the counseling piece and the support, and it helped me get over the hump of that PTSD kind of state. So I think that’s a beautiful example of how we can be taking care of each other through our residency.” Beneath this quote is smaller white text that reads “#DocsWithDisabilities. The Disclosure Series Episode 129” and a small DWDI logo emblem.

ALT Navy blue and gold graphic with the silhouette of an anonymous person, speaking. The quote reads: “In order to be successful, I needed to accept and embrace that I really do need to have strategies and accommodations to make it possible for me to be successful. The disclosure and frank discussion with my program that resulted was incredibly productive and helpful ... [it] led to solutions that I would not have imagined on my own.” Beneath this quote is smaller white text that reads “#DocsWithDisabilities. The Disclosure Series Episode 129” and a small DWDI logo emblem.

ALT Navy blue and gold graphic with the silhouette of an anonymous person, speaking. The quote reads: “The clerkship director told me that he didn't believe in accommodations because he didn't have evidence of the medical condition that caused them, which is the whole point of an accommodation letter. The whole point is that the person who wrote the letter has seen that evidence. It's to protect the privacy of the student.” Beneath this quote is smaller white text that reads “#DocsWithDisabilities. The Disclosure Series Episode 129” and a small DWDI logo emblem.

ALT Navy blue and gold graphic featuring a quote from Dr. Khaja Siddiqui, an internal medicine resident at University of Arizona: “A lot of people in my situation don't know what they need until they experience it. Oftentimes I don't even know what I need until I get to that specific task ... things change weekly and the people that you work with also change weekly.” Beneath this quote is smaller white text that reads “#DocsWithDisabilities. The Disclosure Series Episode 129” and a small DWDI logo emblem.

ALT Navy blue and gold graphic with the silhouette of an anonymous person, speaking. The quote reads: “The director met with me ahead of the rotation to talk through the sites with me and what I was interested in medically and also my different accommodations and needs ... For him, that was such a small thing to do, but it made such a big difference in my experience on the clerkship.” Beneath this quote is smaller white text that reads “#DocsWithDisabilities. The Disclosure Series Episode 129” and a small DWDI logo emblem.

ALT Navy blue and gold graphic featuring a portrait and quote from Sofia Schlozman, co-host of the podcast and a medical student at University of California San Francisco: “When institutional systems fall short, or when support is inconsistent, students can find themselves unexpectedly vulnerable. In those moments, the actions of individual educators, supervisors, and clinical leaders can make all the difference.” Beneath this quote is smaller white text that reads “#DocsWithDisabilities. The Disclosure Series Episode 129” and a small DWDI logo emblem.

ALT Navy blue and gold graphic featuring a portrait and quote from Dr. Neera Jain, a Senior Lecturer & Researcher at the Centre for Medical and Health Science Education, University of Auckland: “What students told me is, ‘I'm constantly being told I shouldn't be proud. I should be afraid of disclosing. And when I'm actively told not to disclose, not to organize, not to have a public profile, that's telling me disability is shameful.’” Beneath this quote is smaller white text that reads “#DocsWithDisabilities. The Disclosure Series Episode 128” and a small DWDI logo emblem.

ALT Navy blue graphic featuring a quote from Dr. Lillie Reed, a psychiatric medicine resident at Massachusetts General Hospital & McLean Hospital: “The culture of medicine is benefited by disclosure because the more people with disabilities are openly present within the field, the more, hopefully, there is a push and acceptance of the value of those people.” Beneath this quote is smaller white text that reads “#DocsWithDisabilities. The Disclosure Series Episode 128” and a small DWDI logo emblem.

ALT Navy blue graphic featuring a quote from Dr. Davy Ran, an internal medicine resident at Montefiore Medical Center: “There's so much pushback from very well-meaning people because they know that there's stigma associated. Even when I'm not trying to keep it ‘hush hush’, everyone around me is trying to keep it hush hush to protect me ... even being as proud as I am, it's really hard to continually ... hear, ‘oh, are you proud of it though? Or do you want to keep it a secret?’” Beneath this quote is smaller white text that reads “#DocsWithDisabilities. The Disclosure Series Episode 128” and a small DWDI logo emblem.