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Latest — 30 Sep 2025

Addressing Ableism in the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY): Recommendations for Reform and Future Research

This commentary builds on a recently published methodological critique about ableism in the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) by outlining recommendations for addressing ableism in the DALY and proposing directions for future research.

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New Research Brief Exposes Ableism in the DALY, an Influential Metric in Global Health and Health Economics

"Revisiting the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) as a Health Metric: Rigorous Science or Ableist Guesswork?" is available to read online and as a PDF preprint on SocArXiv.
31 Jul 2025 2 min read

Revisiting the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) as a Health Metric: Rigorous Science or Ableist Guesswork?

This research brief presents a methodological critique of the disability-adjusted life year (DALY), questioning the validity of this metric and arguing that it functions to uphold structural ableism in public health and healthcare.
31 Jul 2025 16 min read

Volume 1: DALYs, QALYs, Crip Time, and Disabled People in Health Leadership

Research themes and table of contents for Volume 1 of Ableism & Healthcare Now
26 Jul 2025 1 min read

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