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🚨 New Article Alert Our friends at @IllimitableOrg compiled a list of apps for academics made for & by the disability community! We’ve added a summary of the apps in this 🧵but here's the link to the article too medium.com/@IllimitableOrg/a… #DisInHigherEd #AcademicChatter (1/5)

Apps for Academia: Made By and For the Disability Community (Part 1)

Inaccessibility is a huge problem on college campuses. From thriving in classes to finding your first job, these (free) apps were built by…

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This is an awesome thread of apps & tools that might make it easier for disabled people navigating higher education! Check it out. #DisInHigherEd #DisabledInSTEM #DisInGradSchool #DisabledInHigherEd [Quoted tweet]
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🚨 New Article Alert Our friends at @IllimitableOrg compiled a list of apps for academics made for & by the disability community! We’ve added a summary of the apps in this 🧵but here's the link to the article too medium.com/@IllimitableOrg/a… #DisInHigherEd #AcademicChatter (1/5)

Apps for Academia: Made By and For the Disability Community (Part 1)

Inaccessibility is a huge problem on college campuses. From thriving in classes to finding your first job, these (free) apps were built by…

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So much hinges on mobility. When a transit authority excludes disabled people, it has an adverse effect on education, employment, health care, socializing and every aspect of life. Inaccessibility is devaluing. Segregation is traumatizing. Exclusion is dehumanizing.
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We have a VERY special announcement 👀 We just launched Club Capable, a space to connect, learn, and thrive with fellow chronically ill and disabled professionals 🎉 [Continued...]
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I'm discussing “Disability & Anti-Ableism real talk: inclusive cities” with @ImTiffanyYu, @AmyPurdyGurl, @iamweshamilton, @KunalSood, @cur8able, @farbstein, @itsLOLOlove, and We The Future (WTF). Tuesday, Mar 23 at 17:00 PDT on @joinclubhouse. Join us! joinclubhouse.com/event/xkJg…
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Disabled people don’t just want “reasonable” access and accommodation. Too often, what is “reasonable” is defined by cost and is determined solely by nondisabled people. Disabled people want access and accommodation. Period.
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📣 NEW EPISODE: Qudsiya is joined by Roger Ideishi (@GWSMHS) to discuss #disability and the classroom. Learn how small design changes can build diverse educational environments with #accessibility and adaptability in mind. Listen now: bit.ly/38MgEgJ #CripPodSquad
A graphic with small pink illustrations of protractors, compasses, and nuts and bolts populating a brown background. White text reads "Season 3, Episode 3: Designing Access for Disabled Students."

ALT A graphic with small pink illustrations of protractors, compasses, and nuts and bolts populating a brown background. White text reads "Season 3, Episode 3: Designing Access for Disabled Students."

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Today's #DEHEMChat on accommodations, interviewing and mentorship is starting now. Come join! #DEHEM #DEHEMChat #DisInHigherEd
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Hello everyone and welcome to another #DEHEMChat! Today's topics are Accommodations, Interviewing & Mentoring & are linked to the panel video that dropped today w/ @IllimitableOrg! As always, you can answer all questions or just a few & feel free to take part at your own pace!
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There are undoubtedly gaps in formal accommodations at all levels of academia. Today we’re going to discuss some gaps that particularly, but not exclusively, impact #GradStudents. For those with accommodations in both undergrad and grad school, how were your needs met? 1/8
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Hello everyone and welcome to another #DEHEMChat! Today's topics are Accommodations, Interviewing & Mentoring & are linked to the panel video that dropped today w/ @IllimitableOrg! As always, you can answer all questions or just a few & feel free to take part at your own pace!
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With a little creativity, it's not hard to accommodate and include persons with disabilities in medicine! @MeeksLisa @BonnieSwenorPhD Academic Emergency Medicine - doi.org/10.1002/aet2.10425 Fulltext- rdcu.be/bZCKH #docswithdisabilities #disability #meded
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Tomorrow (10/21), @DemarriusYoung will be taking over the account to talk about his experiences as a Black & Disabled scientist. He is currently a lab technician in a neuro-oncology lab studying the effects of cranial radiation on sleep & behavior in mice. #DEHEM #DisInHigherEd
Bio-graphic with a light blue background. It reads: DEHEM Takeover, October 21st; Demarrius L Young Jr (he/him, @DemarriusYoung) is currently a laboratory technician in the Outcomes Lab of the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He studies the dose response of cranial radiation on sleep & behavior and radiation induced Hypersomolence (RIH) using a mouse model he helped develop. #DEHEM by @DisInHigherEd. The graphic also shows a photo of Demarrius presenting at a science conference, where he is standing in front of his poster. He is a black man with short curly brown hair. He is wearing a red suit with a white undershirt and a brown belt.

ALT Bio-graphic with a light blue background. It reads: DEHEM Takeover, October 21st; Demarrius L Young Jr (he/him, @DemarriusYoung) is currently a laboratory technician in the Outcomes Lab of the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He studies the dose response of cranial radiation on sleep & behavior and radiation induced Hypersomolence (RIH) using a mouse model he helped develop. #DEHEM by @DisInHigherEd. The graphic also shows a photo of Demarrius presenting at a science conference, where he is standing in front of his poster. He is a black man with short curly brown hair. He is wearing a red suit with a white undershirt and a brown belt.

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If you still want to participate in today's #DEHEMChat on Personal Branding & Disclosure, all the questions are posted in the thread below: Thank you to everyone who has joined us so far. [quoted tweet] #DEHEM #DisInHigherEd
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Use the hashtag #DEHEMChat to join the conversation & post responses! If you would like to answer anonymously, please DM us and we'll post answers in the corresponding thread for that question. Here are today's questions for reference: docs.google.com/document/d/1… [quoted tweet]
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On Thursday (10/22), we will be releasing our second prerecorded panel with @IllimitableOrg and hosting another #DEHEMChat on accommodations and mentorship. And on Friday (10/23), we will be having another discussion & answering more anon questions. Stay tuned! #DEHEM
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I’m leading a lab meeting on #disabilities in #STEM and #ecology in a few weeks. Does anyone have favorite resources on creating an inclusive classroom/lab for physical disabilities, learning disabilities and/or mental illnesses? @DisInHigherEd @AcademicChatter
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Check out @NSFINCLUDEShub ‘s latest research brief written in collaboration with DO-IT experts, Drs. Sheryl Burgstahler and Brianna Blaser! Enhancing Inclusivity and Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities in STEM: adobe.ly/3eerUCy
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Following up on today's #DEHEMChat - to learn more on Disability, Disclosure, and Personal Branding, check out our prerecorded panel on these topics with several #DisabledScientists that we put out with @IllimitableOrg. The panel is on Youtube below: youtube.com/watch?v=xdoHg0Cn…

Navigating Science with a Disability: Personal Branding and Disclosure

Join us for our second MAKERS Series on the reality of navigating s...

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Global Disability Innovation Hub 💜@GDIHub19 Oct 2020
Register for Thursdays @GDIHub Disability Innovation Live session... Exploring Inclusive Design and asking what if we built a world that was accessible to all? 🔴 1-2pm BST, 22 Oct 2020 👉 Info: bit.ly/IDesignLIVE 💻 Register: bit.ly/DIlive_ID #DisabilityInnovation
Text graphic: ‘Disability Innovation Live - Global Disability Innovation Hub - Digital Series. Inclusive Design: What if we built a world that was accessible to all. Thursday 22 oct 1-2pm BST. www.disabilityinnovation.com’ (logos UCL, Kota Kita, Universal Progress ILC, AT2030, UKaid)

ALT Text graphic: ‘Disability Innovation Live - Global Disability Innovation Hub - Digital Series. Inclusive Design: What if we built a world that was accessible to all. Thursday 22 oct 1-2pm BST. www.disabilityinnovation.com’ (logos UCL, Kota Kita, Universal Progress ILC, AT2030, UKaid)

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Last question for today's #DEHEMChat! Q6: Do you have a personal brand? What is it or how would you describe it? Use the hashtag #DEHEMChat to join the conversation! If you would like to answer anonymously, DM us and we'll post your response below. #DEHEMChat #DEHEM
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Q5: Do you think personal branding as a disabled student/ researcher/ faculty member is important? Use the hashtag #DEHEMChat to join the conversation! If you want to respond anonymously, DM us and we will post your response below. #DEHEMChat #DEHEM #DisInHigherEd
Two toned light blue background with the Disabled in Higher Ed logo in the bottom lefthand corner and the hashtag #DEHEMChat in white surrounded by a light gray box in the bottom righthand corner. The graphic reads: Q5: Do you think personal branding as a disabled student/ researcher / faculty member is important?

ALT Two toned light blue background with the Disabled in Higher Ed logo in the bottom lefthand corner and the hashtag #DEHEMChat in white surrounded by a light gray box in the bottom righthand corner. The graphic reads: Q5: Do you think personal branding as a disabled student/ researcher / faculty member is important?

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