It would be nice to have more papers looking at whether the tests are accessible by default to disabled students, equitable to all, whether they assess what they purport to assess, whether what they purport to assess is worth assessing, but once more we have to cater to ableists whose primary worry about online access is that there might be cheating.

Study says: Most students don't cheat.

#UCAccessNow #AcademicAbleism

https://fediscience.org/@PNASNews/110787745728694954

Might we suggest it's a good time to add anti-ableism to the platform? Including kicking some ass on UC, CSU, and CA's community colleges, who get away with even more than K-12 do. #UCAccessNow #AcademicAbleism

https://sfba.social/@alfredtwu/110557554898399224

this article lionizes an academic for trying to continue to work hard as part of the recognition rat race despite limitations of Long Covid, with the support of a spouse and the finances to get hyperbaric oxygen therapy etc

i do not find the framing of this article even slightly inspiring

#LongCovid #AcademicAbleism 🤕

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/02/catherine-heymans-dark-universe-the-cosmologist-battling-long-covid

The postponed Plant Breeding Retreat is doing the same thing. Despite my having written immediately about online access as soon as both were announced.

They said the same thing as last time...they were "discussing potential online options" but the registration form is up today and it emphasizes it's an in person retreat. They know what they're doing. #DisabledInSTEM #PlantBreeding #AcademicAbleism #Ableism #DisabilityLaw #DIsability #HigherEd

Hey academics with ADHD, how are you coping? Are any of you thriving? Can’t say I am. Working on better systems and likely more ADHD coaching.

#ADHD #ADHDacademic #AcademicAbleism #neurodivergent @academicchatter

Public universities are playing a shell game and media keeps falling for it. WHY aren't public universities highest common denominator accessible BY DEFAULT? It should be funded out of general fund already!

#AcademicAbleism #CripTax #HigherEducation #DisabilityLaw #Disability

https://www.phillyvoice.com/temple-scholarships-physical-disabilities-zweig-gift-students-philadelphia/

If you're facing pressure NOT to offer online accessibility for courses, events, and other UC offerings, esp if admin is trying to keep such pressure off the official public record, please whistleblow to us. #UCAccessNow #HigherEd #DisabilityLaw #Disability #AcademicAbleism #UniversityOfCalifornia

I really don't want it to be that I have to stop speaking up about ableism in my school because I've been triggered so much in these recent years that everything's too close to the surface now. But the physical effects of being triggered are really taking a toll on me.

#Ableism #AcademicAbleism #Disability #Accessibility #cPTSD

STEM gatekeepers are holding more of humanity back than you think.

#STEM #AcademicChatter #SciComm #Equity #AcademicAbleism

The State Bar of CA already doesn't do a good job of adhering to disability law and offering accessibility for taking the bar exam. Apparently they're prepared to go more ableist.

DREDF has prepared a sample letter. The deadline to submit comments is Tuesday, January 31, 2023.

https://dredf.org/2023/01/12/action-alert-oppose-california-state-bar-proposal-on-testing-accommodations/

#DisabilityLaw #disability #California #ableism #AcademicAbleism #law

#Introduction time!
Paid labour: Term Sessional at #UVIC teaching academic & technical writing (#ATWP) to undergrad engineers. I’ve contributed work on #inclusive writing practices and eliminating #AcademicAbleism to a #WritingStudies textbook /Why Write/

Unpaid labour: Researching later #18thC writers, especially #Burney, #Austen & #Edgeworth, #disability & the #CultureOfSensibility. Invited presentations & lectures on #DisabilityJustice & #AcademicAbleism.

I have two adorable kids (4 & 6) 👇🏻

Attendance policies were always ableist. They were ableist during the pandemic, and they're ableist now.

If students don't attend your class, ask yourself why. Why aren't they interested? Why isn't my class valuable? What barriers are preventing them from attending? How do I adapt to meet students where they're at? How can I create multiple spaces for participation and engagement?

#AcademicAbleism #UDL #DisabledInHigherEd #Disability #Accessibility

For all of the academics on here who are learning about #accessibility and adding image descriptions, please take that inclusive energy with you the next time a student gives you their accommodation letter from the disability office or when you're considering your attendance policy.

Even better, consider reading up about #UniversalDesignForLearning or #UDL.

#HigherEd #Academia #DisabledInHigherEd #Disability #AcademicAbleism #DisabilityAccommodations

Stop telling disabled students to advocate for themselves. Seriously, stop.

Recognize the power structures within #HigherEd and try and imagine how much work advocating for equity and access is. It's exhausting and it takes bravery no student should be required to have.

Don't perpetuate this nonsense.

The responsibility should be on the instructor and the institution.

#DisabledInHigherEducation #disability #AcademicAbleism

Intro Post! I’m Helen (she/her), I’m a PhD candidate in Disability Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago, and my research focuses on #AcademicAbleism, disabled dis-epistemologies, and #mentoring models that empower disabled students and scholars. I’m disabled, mad, and autistic. I love soap operas, Diet Coke, and sending snail mail. 💖📬