Anna Sinclair

If you’ve read my last two blogs (see here and here), you know what I’m all about: Authenticity and the undergraduate disabled student community. That is my thing. And, since stretching out my baby research legs after my dissertation a few years ago, my passion for this underrepresented population has only grown. I was on…

The Centers for Disease Control concluded in a recent study that approximately 61 million – one in four – Americans have a classified and diagnosed disability. The National Institute of Health (NIH) indicated in 2022 that the disability community represents more than 27% of the U.S. adult population, making that community the single largest minority…

I am the elephant in the room. Everywhere I go, people are unintentionally drawn to me. Or rather, people are drawn to a part of me. You see, I was born without my right forearm and hand due to Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS). I used to wear a prosthetic arm, but due to some physical…