And here is me on Saturday, tweeting at @UKRI_News about their and the whole infrastructure’s failure to provide specific provision for disabled and chronically ill PhD candidates https://twitter.com/zaranosaur/status/1248619969614458882

How hard it is to recognise that you’ve got a population of students and researchers who are both high risk for COVID19, already disproportionately burdened by admin costs re securing access to teaching and learning, and that equitable treatment might require specific focus? Cmon

That thread was not my most coherent writing, but genuinely this is the point: some of us are stuck indoors for THREE MONTHS, having to secure basic things like food without going outside, some w care responsibilities too, let alone “let me plan how best to secure critical care”

Research institutions put your back into not re/producing ableism during a pandemic where eugenic policy and rhetoric abounds challenge

What can we do about this? I know the staff letter started by @gavmaclean included specific reference to disabled ppl bc me and pals put it there, I hear the student one was asked to but failed to, and I don’t know what else to do beyond seek support from disabled staff networks.

Do we need another more specific open letter?

Do we need senior nondisabled academics (since disclosed disabled academics are sth like 3% of the academic staff population) writing separately to UKRI demanding this?

What do you think will be effective here?

hey @chron_ac @AcademicAbleism you’re both funded projects, what have you got on this? Got resources we could put to organising within your networks too? What about @ucu @DrJoGrady @USSbriefs, can you help with this?