disabilities

‘See the strengths’

Most disability research involves people with disabilities as research subjects, not partners in the research itself. Davi Kallman hopes to change that.

Davi Kallman standing at a podium addressing a group

Grant will create fellowships for researchers with disabilities at WSU

By Addy Hatch, College of Nursing SPOKANE, Wash. – Research scientists with disabilities are underrepresented in the health sciences, yet such scholars bring needed perspective to understanding and improving health policies and services for people with disabilities.

Device would measure pain in premature infants

By Lorraine Nelson, WSU Spokane and Angie Funaiole, Office of Commercialization SPOKANE, Wash. – The ability to measure pain in premature infants could help prevent them from developing tragic disabilities, says a researcher at Washington State University Spokane who just received a $235,000 grant from the state Life Sciences Discovery Fund for his work in […]

No dis, just abled: Ph.D. student tweaks the message

By Linda Weiford, WSU News PULLMAN, WASH. – When Davi Kallman was a second-grader in El Paso, Texas, her teacher pulled her from the classroom one day to tell her she was “retarded” and would have to drop to a lower grade. Now pursuing a doctoral degree at Washington State University, she has proven that […]