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A Black woman in a wheelchair speaking eye-to-eye with a female physician in a modern accessible exam room, with a height-adjustable exam table lowered in the background.

women

Disabled women's healthcare access in 2026: the intersection CEDAW and the CRPD finally started to enforce together

Disabled women face compounded physical-access, communication-access, and attitudinal barriers in every healthcare setting. The 2025 joint CEDAW–CRPD Committee recommendation and 2024-26 national reform data show where the floor is finally rising.

May 22, 2026 16 min read By Disability World

A tablet on a clean desk showing a medical appointment scheduling interface with calendar tiles — the visual marker for EHR patient portal audit.

patient-portals

Patient portals fail disabled patients: an audit of the top 8 US EHR-linked portals

Eight major US patient-portal brands — Epic MyChart, Oracle Health, Allscripts, athenahealth, NextGen, eClinicalWorks, Practice Fusion, Greenway — audited against WCAG 2.1 AA and the HHS Section 504 May 2024 final rule.

May 22, 2026 27 min read By Disability World