2023

Kinross L. (2023, May). Disabled women face serious care gaps after giving birth. BLOOM. Available from: https://hollandbloorview.ca/stories-news-events/BLOOM-Blog/disabled-women-face-serious-care-gaps-after-giving-birth

(2023, April). Guest on “Now” with Dave Brown. Accessible Media Inc. (AMI)-audio.

Nasrullah R. (2023, March). How proposed laws and medical innovation target better reproductive health care for women with disabilities. Youth Today.  Available from: https://youthtoday.org/2023/03/how-proposed-laws-and-medical-innovation-target-better-reproductive-health-care-for-women-with-disabilities/

Gagnon L. (2023, January). Mothers with disabilities less likely to start breastfeeding. Medscape Medical News. Available from: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986970

 

2022

O’Donnell C. (2022, July). Never just black and white’: End of Roe a health risk for disabled, advocates warn. Tampa Bay Times. https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2022/07/25/never-just-black-and-white-end-of-roe-a-health-risk-for-disabled-advocates-warn/

Bresge A. (2022, March). “Can’t we have lives too?” High-risk Canadians feel forgotten as COVID rules lift. The Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/03/15/cant-we-have-lives-too-high-risk-canadians-feel-forgotten-as-covid-rules-lift.html

(2022, February). Guest on “The Current” with Matt Galloway to discuss my paper, “Hospital outcomes of COVID-19 patients with and without a disability: A retrospective cohort study. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-feb-7-2022-1.6342202/as-restrictions-loosen-up-advocates-for-people-with-disabilities-say-their-needs-haven-t-been-considered-1.6344715

Cuoto Zuber M. (2022, January). People with disabilities have longer COVID-19 hospital stays, high readmission rate. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-people-with-disabilities-have-longer-covid-19-hospital-stays-high/

Cooney E. (2022, January). Adults with disabilities hospitalized for Covid-19 fared worse. STAT Morning Rounds (from the Boston Globe).

 

2021

(2021, June). Guest on CBC Radio Syndication morning shows (Montreal, Quebec City, Windsor, Sudbury, Yellowknife, Labrador, Kitchener, Victoria, Vancouver, Kelowna, and Saskatoon) to discuss our paper, “Postpartum mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-level analysis” (lead author: Simone Vigod). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

(2021, February). Guest on “The Pulse” with Joeita Gupta re. Association of pre-existing disability with severe maternal morbidity or mortality in Ontario, Canada. Accessible Media Inc. (AMI)-audio. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-pulse-on-ami-audio/id1289703145

(2021, February). Guest on “Let’s Talk London” with Jess Brady re. Association of pre-existing disability with severe maternal morbidity or mortality in Ontario, Canada. Global News 980 CFPL. https://omny.fm/shows/am980/new-study-looks-at-life-threatening-pregnancy-comp

 

2020

(2020, November). Guest on “Pediatrics on Call” with Dr. David Hill and Dr. Joanna Parga-Belinkie re. Health of newborns and infants born to women with disabilities: A meta-analysis. American Academy of Pediatrics. https://services.aap.org/en/pages/podcast/stopping_systematic_racism_babies_born_to_women_with_disabilities/ 

Duong D. (2020, April). Modelling COVID-19 numbers helps prevention. Healthing. https://www.healthing.ca/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus/modelling-covid-19-numbers-help-explain-why-distancing-makes-sense

Broverman A. (2020, January). The surprising truth about having a baby when you’re disabled. Local Love. https://locallove.ca/issues/the-surprising-truth-about-having-a-baby-when-youre-disabled/#.Xh5tLiN7lPZ

 

2019

(2019, March). Brody JE. The risks to babies of older fathers. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/well/family/the-risks-to-babies-of-older-fathers.html

(2019, January). Guest on “The Pulse” with Dave Brown re. maternal intellectual and developmental disabilities and newborn discharge to protective services. Accessible Media Inc. (AMI)-audio. https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-pulse-on-amiaudio/e/58328625?autoplay=true

O’Sullivan B. (2019, January). Who’s at high risk of rapid repeat pregnancies? Research 2 Reality. https://research2reality.com/health-medicine/healthcare/rapid-repeat-pregnancies-women-disabilities/

 

2018

(2018, December). Women with I/DD at higher risk that newborns will be discharged to child protective services, compared to women without I/DD. Open Minds Weekly News Wire. https://www.openminds.com/market-intelligence/news/women-with-i-dds-at-higher-risk-that-newborns-will-be-discharged-to-child-protective-services-compared-to-women-without-i-dds/

Leung W. (2018, November). Study finds newborns of Ontario women with developmental disabilities are more likely to be taken into protective custody. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-study-finds-newborns-of-ontario-women-with-developmental-disabilities/

Sample I. (2018, November). Babies born to older fathers ‘tend to have more medical issues’. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/31/babies-born-to-older-fathers-tend-to-have-more-medical-issues

(2018, September). Women with I/DD have almost double the rate of rapid repeat pregnancy within a year. Open Minds Weekly News Wire. https://www.openminds.com/market-intelligence/news/women-with-i-dd-have-almost-double-the-rate-of-repeat-pregnancy-within-a-year-7-6-compared-to-3-9-for-women-without-i-dd/

Boggs W & Larkin M (2018, August). Women with intellectual and developmental disabilities less likely to receive effective contraceptives. Reuters Health. http://www.mdalert.com/news/article/women-with-intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities-less-likely-to-receive-effective-contraceptives

 

2017

Giordano D. (2017, April). Postpartum hospital admissions for women with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Scienmag. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-04-postpartum-hospital-admissions-women-intellectual.html

(2017, March). Pregnancy risks upped in women with intellectual disability. Doctors’ Lounge. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-03-pregnancy-upped-women-intellectual-disability.html