Excuse me Doctor, Your Bias is Showing
by Tiina Veer I ripped up my knee when I was 18, downhill skiing. It was my family religion. We skied every winter weekend, Christmas and March break at the… Read More »Excuse me Doctor, Your Bias is Showing
by Tiina Veer I ripped up my knee when I was 18, downhill skiing. It was my family religion. We skied every winter weekend, Christmas and March break at the… Read More »Excuse me Doctor, Your Bias is Showing
by Lana Simmons, NASM-CPT, RYT-200 It’s 2011 and I’m sitting in my Doctor’s office, naked from the waist down with only a thin paper blanket covering me, hoping this OB/GYN visit… Read More »Fat, Health, and Being an Advocate With Your Doctor
HAES expert Lindo Bacon, PhD teaches an introductory nutrition course at City College of San Francisco. They recently assigned an essay to students, asking them to write a letter to… Read More »Dear friend, so your doctor says to go on a diet…
ASDAH Conference 2023 Dreaming of New Worlds: Health at Every Size® in the Future The 2023 ASDAH Conference was held June 8th-10th, 2023 with over 200 participants joining together to… Read More »2023 ASDAH Conference
ASDAH Conference 2023 Dreaming of New Worlds: Health at Every Size® in the Future Schedule, Speakers, & Sessions ← Back to Main Conference Page Conference Schedule Thursday, June 8 2:00-4:00pm… Read More »Conference Speakers & Sessions
Health at Every Size®Healthcare Provider Listing Welcome to the Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing! We approve new applications every week, so check back regularly to see how the… Read More »Health at Every Size® Healthcare Provider Listing
By Brie Scrivner, MA, Board Member-at-Large, and ASDAH Education Blog Coordinator Welcome to the first in a new series where I sit down (have a Zoom call) with members of… Read More »Meet Your Leadership Team Series: Education Committee Chair
Oona Hanson discusses the challenges of addressing weight stigma in the pediatrician’s office. Doctors care about their patients and want the best for them. Pediatricians in particular are deeply invested;… Read More »First, Do No Harm: The Importance of Removing Weight Stigma from the Pediatrician’s Office
by Theresa Jarosz Alberti
I was so angry at my surgeon. He’d finally agreed to operate on me, but his initial refusal to give me total knee replacement surgery had resulted in more than a year of excruciating pain and disability. Facing the upcoming surgery, I knew I needed to let go of my negative feelings before he sliced me open. It was time to focus on positive energy so that I’d be in the best frame of mind to heal.
Read More »A Tale of Advocacy: Two Knees and a Surgeonby Dawn Haney and Max Airborne
In this poignant and timely piece, Dawn Haney and Max Airborne of Fat Rose describe how disability and fat liberation politics are inextricably connected to migrant rights. They describe how fat and disabled people have taken a stand against the detention centers at the USA’s southern border, in the #NoBodyIsDisposable movement, and explain how ASDAH members can deepen their social justice work by taking action on this critical issue.
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No Body is Disposable!
All Bodies are Valued, Indispensable, and Cherished!
Your Body is Integral. It is necessary to make things whole.
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This is the world we fight to live in, one where all bodies are cared for, including our own. This is part of the ASDAH vision.
Read More »No Body is Disposable! Fat and Disability Communities Join Powers to Close the Camps