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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder presents considerable barriers to a successful research career. Universities need to start taking this into account to ensure that talented researchers are retained in the sector and given an equal opportunity to succeed.
We demand a seat at the table. The leadership table. The funding table. The NIH study section table. The high impact authorship table. All are places we deserve to be, yet you don’t find many faces like mine in places like these. You certainly don’t find many experiences like mine.
Diversity strengthens science, but current policies need to do more to explicitly address inclusion of the growing population of people with disabilities who rely on service dogs. Here, I discuss my personal experiences of attempting to access laboratories with a service dog.
