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Jason Dorwart, Ph.D.

#DisabilityTwitter what are some of the everyday microagressions that you deal with but don’t say anything about because you just don’t have the emotional bandwidth at the time? Wow. This

Disabled Academic Collective

Other TAs have asked me how to handle profs who refuse to give accommodations. Obviously report them to your dept head and disability services. But by denying accommodations the prof

Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD

A note to non-disabled people: don't question clearly stated access needs. Ever. It's not up to you to decide what a disabled person can/cannot do. Disabilities are dynamic. 1/5 Some

Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD

I am disabled. I ID as disabled bc disability culture is real, it's my culture, I get to claim that culture. That culture has been built by those who came

Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD

I don't know how much more often I can beg "please done kill me." I don't know how my life is worth less than the slight inconvenience of wearing a

Good afternoonLet's chat for a hot sec about children & young adults living with chronic illness/disability who speak publicly, participate in ads, raise money, etc. Stop calling them inspired. I

Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD

Every time a major academic conference has come around during the pandemic there have been debates here on efficacy, accessibility, and outcomes. And I have to say - it is

Camp is great and fantastic and wonderful, but can we recognize the privilege that white, cisgender, straight disabled people tend to have at camp that those of us multiply marginalized

Disabled Academic Collective

Just a reminder because I think far too many faculty members need this - denying a student accommodation is an illegal act. You are actively violating the ADA. And it

Disabled Academic Collective

If you're hiring disabled faculty, staff, postdocs, VAPs, or adjuncts you need to remember that cost of living is so much higher for us than it is for able bodied

Emily Krebs🧂

Thread on COVID, social support, and #accessibility:My only sibling is getting married next week. No masks. 100+ guests. Folks traveling 1,600 miles to attend.I’m on immune suppressants.#NEISvoid #DisabilityTwitter I’ve been

MonroesBodyTalk

Okay something needs to be addressed regarding #NoComradeLeftBehind #NoComradesUnder1k. Many of us involved in this community organization are disabled, neuro divergent, and are living through a giant pandemic that’s killing

Disability Truth-Teller

ThisIsJordanKay

So most of you know about the rare overgrowth disease I have. Here is a random memory that just came back to me, illustrating the power of what it does

FANCY A LITTLE THREAD ABOUT INSPIRATION PORN?Awesome term innit?! Inspiration porn is the idea that a #disabled person is inspirational simply because they have a disability.For example... "You're so brave

Disabled In Grad School

DisInGradSchool

Today, we're going to ask you to think about how your #university handles it when a disabled student's #accommodations are denied. #DisInGradSchool #HigherEd #DisabilityTwitter If you applied for accommodations from

Eliza Williamson, PhD

Brazilian #disabilitytwitter is blowing up with repudiations of Bolsonaro's decree yesterday, which institutes "special" schools for children with disabilities. Essentially it launches a kind of "separate but equal"