{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 127: The Disclosure Series, Part 1: The Decision to Disclose","description":"Series Description Disclosure is a three-part podcast series from the Docs with Disabilities Podcast that examines one of the most personal and consequential decisions disabled healthcare providers make: whether, when, and how to disclose a disability. Through the voices of medical students, residents, practicing physicians, psychologists, nurses, researchers, legal scholars, and disability advocates, the series explores disclosure as an ongoing process shaped by identity, institutional culture, ableism, and power. Blending lived experience with research and policy, the series challenges assumptions about disability in healthcare while illuminating pathways toward more inclusive learning, training, and practice environments. Part 1: The Decision to Disclose What does it really mean to disclose a disability in healthcare? In the first episode of the Disclosure series, healthcare providers across the continuum\u2014from students and trainees to practicing clinicians\u2014share the personal, professional, and institutional factors that shape disclosure decisions. Drawing on stories from medical students, residents, physicians, researchers, disability scholars, and legal experts, the episode explores disclosure as more than a pathway to accommodations\u2014it can be an act of identity, advocacy, community-building, and resistance. At the same time, contributors examine the risks of stigma, discrimination, and institutional betrayal that continue to make disclosure a deeply complex and often uncertain decision. Transcript: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1IWxZcow_B9hSIGpvozadJ5pov4-Qmq97\/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=104315301750264632478&rtpof=true&sd=true Keywords:  Disability disclosure Medical education Physicians with disabilities Medical students with disabilities Disability accommodations Ableism Disability inclusion Healthcare trainees Stigma Health professions education Production Team:  Developer, Writer, Executive Producer: Sofia Schozman  Co Producers: Rylee Betchkal and Lisa Meeks Co-Producer, Sound Selection and Editing: Gabe Abrams Sound Production: Next Day Podcast Digital Media: Katie Sullivan   Citations:  Anderson, H. L. K., Konopasky, A. W., Bullock, J. L., Meeks, L. M., & Jain, N. R. (2025). The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Racism and Ableism in US Medical Education. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 0(0), 1\u201319. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10401334.2025.2581621 Evans, H. D. (2017). Un\/covering: Making Disability Identity Legible. Disability Studies Quarterly, 37(1). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18061\/dsq.v37i1.5556 Jain, N. R. (2020). Political disclosure: Resisting ableism in medical education. Disability & Society, 35(3), 389\u2013412. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09687599.2019.1647149 Graduation Questionnaire (GQ). (n.d.). AAMC. Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https:\/\/www.aamc.org\/data-reports\/students-residents\/report\/graduation-questionnaire-gq Stergiopoulos E, Fernando O, Martimianakis MA. \u201cBeing on Both Sides\u201d: Canadian Medical Students\u2019 Experiences With Disability, the Hidden Curriculum, and Professional Identity Construction Academic Medicine. 2018;93(10):1550-1559. doi:10.1097\/ACM.0000000000002300. Pereira-Lima K, Meeks LM, Ross KET, et al. Barriers to Disclosure of Disability and Request for Accommodations Among First-Year Resident Physicians in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(5):e239981. doi:10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2023.9981   ","author_name":"DocsWithDisabilities","author_url":"https:\/\/www.docswithdisabilities.org\/podcast","html":"