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How Doctors And Researchers With Disabilities Are Changing Medicine : Shots – Health News Bonnielin Swenor has dedicated her life to helping vision-impaired patients. She also has low vision herself — and she is fighting to increase the presence of disabled people in science and medicine.

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What Medicine Can Learn From Doctors And Researchers With Disabilities

June 13, 20194:13 PM ET

Susie Neilson

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Bonnielin Swenor, an assistant professor of ophthalmology, has myopic macular degeneration. It hasn’t stopped her from having a prolific career as a researcher and epidemiologist. But until recently, she rarely discussed her disability with her peers, worried they would judge or dismiss her.

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