Erin Andrews-Ash, Psy.D., ABPP

Erin Andrews-Ash, Psy.D, ABPP, is a board-certified rehabilitation psychologist and chief of psychology at the VA Heart of Texas Healthcare Network Clinical Resource Hub, where she coordinates the provision of psychological assessment and intervention to veterans throughout underserved areas across Texas and neighboring states via televideo technology. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Wright State University following undergraduate studies at Michigan State University.

Andrews-Ash is past co-chair of the American Psychological Association Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology and founder of the APA Division of Rehabilitation Psychology Disability Identity Committee. She has over 20 years of experience working with disabled people across clinical, academic and policy settings. She is the author of “Disability as Diversity: Developing Cultural Competence” (Oxford University Press, 2020), the first book to comprehensively address disability as a distinct cultural experience. She is co-editor of the forthcoming second edition volume of The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology in Disability. Her work on disability language has been recognized as reducing bias and eliminating harmful euphemisms in the latest revision of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Andrews-Ash has completed innovative work to address the needs of parents with disabilities. She is a co-founder of the Disabled Parenting Project, a resource for support and information for parents and prospective parents with a wide range of disabilities. This work is part of Parents Empowering Parents: National Research Center for Parents With Disabilities and Their Families, a five-year, $2.5 million National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research grant for which Andrews serves as a consultant. Her advocacy work in this area includes representing the APA during a 2013 congressional briefing regarding parents with disabilities and participating in a White House forum on the civil rights of parents with disabilities in May 2016.

Andrews-Ash’s scholarship includes more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and numerous national presentations on disability identity, systemic ableism and inclusive psychological care. She serves on the board of directors of the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology and is a past board member and secretary of the Academy of Rehabilitation Psychology. She is an editorial board member of Rehabilitation Psychology, Training and Education in Professional Psychology, and Sexuality and Disability. Her honors include the APA Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology Distinguished Contributions Award (2020), the Harold Yuker Award for Research Excellence (2020) and election as a fellow of APA Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology, 2019) and Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service, 2025).