Improving disabled people’s pregnancy experiences and outcomes through research, training, and education
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Disabled Parents in the NICU
On June 7, 2022 at noon, the National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities will present a webinar featuring two disabled parent panelists whose babies were born prematurely and admitted to the NICU.
Black Maternal Health
Our research reveals that Black disabled women have worse pregnancy care and pregnancy outcomes than their white disabled peers.
Pregnancy Care Disparities
Deaf and hard-of-hearing women have distinct healthcare experiences during and after pregnancy, facing disparities in needs and outcomes.
‘Do you have a man? Can you have sex?’
Disabled women have children at the same rate as nondisabled women, but Lurie Institute director Monika Mitra notes that "[t]he assumption is that a person cannot have a disability and take care of someone else."
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