Disabled in Grad School (DIGS) is run by @caitskirby and @KaydenStockwell. We're trying to dig past barriers to uproot academic ableism and reform higher ed.
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Disabled In Grad School retweeted
EEOC and OCR. Read the reporting requirements NOW. Before you need them.
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I will move on but I'm hugely pissed off that the reason my name wasn't called at graduation is because the grad team put a mark next to my name to indicate that I'd be slow (something they assumed) and the person reading names thought it meant I wasn't there.
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So that grad school doesn’t #BreakMySoul:
What advice would you give your former selves if you could repeat your 2nd year of grad school?
Particularly interested to know from other BIPOC and disabled individuals.
@DisInGradSchool @AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter
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Anonymous Question
"5th year grad student here, I had to switch labs last year so I'm essentially starting over. This year I was diagnosed with a chronic condition & I can barely get around the lab (I use a wheelchair but the lab isn't wheelchair friendly). How do I graduate?"
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Any recs for presenting qualitative research? My work is on the lived experience of college students with disabilities during the pandemic (fall 2020 - spring 2021) and want to tell it like a research oriented story @NoStigmas @DARN_disability @AcademicAbleism #DisabilityRights
Disabled In Grad School retweeted
Hey disabled grad students/academics/writers/project-doers:
Anyone interested in forming a weekly writing group?
Would love to connect with & cheer on others who "get it".
@chron_ac @DisabledAcadem @DisInGradSchool @DisInHigherEd #disabilitytwitter #DisabledinSTEM
Disabled In Grad School retweeted
Scientists with speech disabilities, check out this call below!
#DisabledInSTEM @DisInHigherEd @DisInGradSchool @DisabledAcadem
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Disabled In Grad School retweeted
did you miss this week's episode?
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@JalesaMartin, @katemarinaa, & I discuss their experience as disabled women of color in grad school.
catch up here: ➡️deargradstudent.com/episodes…⬅️
#AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics @DisabledAcadem @DisInGradSchool @DisInHigherEd @DisabledStem
Disabled In Grad School retweeted
✨Ep. 65 is LIVE on 3/21✨
2nd year Masters student @JalesaMartin, & 5th year PhD Candidate, @katemarinaa, joined me to discuss their experience as disabled women of color in academia.
#AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics @DisInGradSchool @DisInHigherEd @DisabledStem @DisabledAcadem
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The @UMassECo DEI committee recently hosted a panel sharing the experiences of disabled/chronically ill folks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 who do field work to educate on making field work more #accessible. I was honored to be part w some other AMAZING folks. #disabledinSTEM
eco.umass.edu/dei/
Disabled In Grad School retweeted
How much of your cognitive and physical energy is currently devoted to COVID-19-related preparations, testing, worry, despair, or information seeking?
32%minimal - 0-25%
50%moderate - 26-50%
14%significant - 51-75%
5%maximal - 76-100%
22 votes • Final results Disabled In Grad School retweeted
Prep for next wave, bc our govt has left it to us:
If you can afford, buy:
-N95/KN95/KF94 @larmbrust or @projectn95
-home antigen tests
-HEPA filters or materials for #CorsiRosenthalBox
-(and #Boost)
If you can afford extras, share.
Rich nation, DIY pandemic. Here we are.
Disabled In Grad School retweeted
With universities rapidly dropping precautions and the CDC abandoning us, collective organizing in academia is urgently needed.
Our survey data shows an overwhelming majority of respondents have had accommodations denied and calls for safety ignored despite their best efforts.
ALT A white and yellow flyer with the headline: "Campus Advocacy and COVID" with the logo for Covid Safe Campus off to the right. The following text reads "Individual advocacy for improvements in policy, disability inclusion, and accessibility is not enough. Only 3.4% of survey respondents were able to get the remote accommodations they advocated for. Only 7.5% of survey respondents reported success in their advocacy for better COVID policy on campus. Preliminary results from COVID Safe Campus Survey as of March 2, 2022."
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Call for spring 2022 scholarship applications for disabled students in STEM! 📢 Apply now! Visit iafais.org/scholarships for more information. Applications are due April 8th at 11:59pm EST. We are looking forward to reading your applications!
ALT Digital flyer that reads, "International Alliance for Ability in Science: Now Accepting Spring 2022 Applications. Scholarships Opportunities for Disabled Students in STEM. Visit IAFAIS.org/scholarships for more information. Applications due April 8th at 11:59pm EST." The flyer has digital art that includes a chemistry beaker, telescope, lab coat, microscope, and neuron at the bottom of the page.
Disabled In Grad School retweeted
Hey #DisabilityTwitter I heard about this STEM scholarship that benefits Disabled scientists and science students at all levels. @DisInGradSchool @StemDisabled @BlackWomenSTEM @DisabledAcadem @DisInHigherEd
iafais.org/scholarships
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@nyulaw is giving my profs veto power over whether I can use my remote attendance accommodation under the ADA in their class.
Based on only the professor’s (not my doctors’/my) assessment of reasonableness. #AcademicChatter @DisInHigherEd @DisInGradSchool
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Question for @DisabledAcadem @DisInGradSchool @DisInHigherEd people
If both a student and employee of a university (grad), can the student disability center & HR disability office talk about your (separate) accommodation request cases without your express permission?
Disabled In Grad School retweeted
"Is giving a student an extension fair?"
Well, is bleeding from my intestines while I take an exam fair?
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Check out @DisInGradSchool, @ChronInvisSTEM, @chron_ac, @StemDisabled to add some voices to your feed as well!
Disabled In Grad School retweeted
This is tough because it depends on the disability. I get some flexibility w/ time sensitive things. I also need to have homework/essays in digital format to grade (but that isn’t really a problem nowadays). When I used to teach at a college before the MA program I’m in now…