Author: carichnt

I feel that I unlearned a lot of things that I thought I knew about research. My first exposure to research was in an engineering context. I loved that job and learned so much about research. But having this WAGSFP opportunity really widened my view of what research is and can be. I hadn’t been…

  One challenging topic I have been reading/learning about is abortion and fetal prescreening. On one hand I am very pro-choice. Still, I cannot ignore how the generational Down Syndrome population, for example, has drastically shrunk. It does make me nervous that genetic pre-screenings have been devised to “alert” parents to signs of non-normativity. I initially…

     The research project I am working on was not previously established. I am making a literature review on the topic of neurodivergence, healthcare, and gender (specifically women and nonbinary people). My hope is that the impact of my literature review shows people who influence healthcare that there is a drastic need for reform in how…

 My name is Tess Carichner (she/her). I am a rising sophomore at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. I am also pursuing a minor in Global Health (more specifically disability studies). My project regards how ableist communication (often taking root in healthcare settings) negatively affects the self-concepts of young neurodivergent/disabled women (specifically OCD, Autism,…