Abstract
The American Chemical Society’s Committee on Chemists with Disabilities (CWD) adopted a new vision and mission during its 2022 strategic planning retreat. Our new vision is “making chemistry accessible to all,” and our mission is “accessibility, inclusion, and respect for persons with disabilities in the chemistry enterprise.” CWD also streamlined its goals, last updated in 2019, to make them more concise and action-oriented. We now have three: to promote and facilitate awareness, inclusion, and respect for persons with disabilities in the chemistry enterprise; to support internal and external alliances to increase visibility and impact; and to develop, advocate for, and communicate the most effective accessibility resources for persons with disabilities in the chemistry enterprise. At the ACS Fall 2022 meeting, CWD focused on creating visibility and impact through three presidential workshops. The first workshop discussed covering and reverse covering—looking at what it is like to feel that you need to
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