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Anonymous A2: I'm trying to finish my PhD at a UK university t the moment while working full time. I get no support from the university, and was told when I first started they couldn't give me any that would cost the university money because I don't come from
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the UK. I have Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and I have Autism (which I was only diagnosed with in the last year). One of my supervisors really tries and does try to put extra effort in, despite being so much busier than my other supervisor (let's call them OS). But OS is so dismissive
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and tells me things like that I limit myself because of how I learn. I try not to bring it up because of how she reacts, even when I ask her to be clearer about her feedback she makes a big deal about it. I am doing an extra year on my PhD because my corrections are going to
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Anonymous A2: I don’t, but I am starting to notice that my ability to work is more impaired than I thought (I don’t seem to be able to work a full 8 hours, usually ends up being 4-5 max most days.) I don’t even know how I would go about getting accommodations as a
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postdoc though, since we’re in a weird grey area as trainees but no longer students, technically employees of the medical center but funded by NIH. Also internalized ableism means that my brain goes straight to “get your shit together and try harder” instead of acknowledging
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that maybe I could use some support. I feel really conflicted about remaining in academia but the ability to have SO much more control over my schedule and ability to be flexible in when I work is invaluable to me. I don’t know how I managed a very inflexible 8-5pm clinical
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Q2 From MJ (@manijadegarcia): It seems uncommon to associate mental health struggles w/ disability. I do see discussions of this during #DEHEM21, which I feel hopeful about.
Academic culture is ULTRA VIOLENT & TOXIC towards people with mental health struggles.
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Academic culture is ULTRA VIOLENT & TOXIC towards people with mental health struggles.
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(@manijadegarcia) I am in a #ClinicalPsychology PhD program & have found that clinical psychologists are among the MOST violent & most likely to stigmatize #MentalIllness, mostly due to shame from avoiding confronting their own struggles & training in Western medical models.
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(@manijadegarcia) Applicants/trainees in clinical psychology are—as a rule— told NOT to discuss their mental health & are punished for disclosing.
This culture mixes in ugly ways with other core -isms in clinical psychology, like racism.
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This culture mixes in ugly ways with other core -isms in clinical psychology, like racism.
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Welcome to today's #DEHEMChat on mental illness/mental disabilties!
Question 1: Introduce yourself to the community! How are you doing today!
Use the hashtag #DEHEMChat to join the conversation. Feel free to DM us if you would like to submit an anonymous answer. #DEHEM21
Question 1: Introduce yourself to the community! How are you doing today!
Use the hashtag #DEHEMChat to join the conversation. Feel free to DM us if you would like to submit an anonymous answer. #DEHEM21
@PhD_Balance @academicvoices @BlackInMH @blackinxnetwork @CactusMHS @DragonflyMH This chat might be of interest to all of you!
Anonymous A4: Not really. The second the interpreter leaves, my labmate acts like I don't exist. I try to initiate communication with them as much as I can without the interpreter. They don't really show any interest or effort. My PI has been wonderful and wants
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me to be comfortable with or without an interpreter. I agree, but, they don't have the same life experience as I do, so it is naturally their blind spot. It is really frustrating because networking is critical in this field. What would help us to feel welcome is
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1. PLEASE include us and interact with us. Learning ASL would be ideal (I'd be surprised if that ever happens)
2. Caption everything, not CRAPtion please.
3. For any university events/lab events such as presentations, please make sure we have advanced notice and/or make
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2. Caption everything, not CRAPtion please.
3. For any university events/lab events such as presentations, please make sure we have advanced notice and/or make
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I fully support #CripTime and it almost took me a full day to reply to the #DEHEMChat this week. I think that this also applies here for this topic about trauma to think of the impact intersectionality and identity has on how we experience our disabilities. I think that if I
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was not Black, a lot of the trauma that I experienced would not be my story. I may have felt more supported in #Academia. I might have a balance with more privileges rather than a crippling amount of barriers that hit me in the classroom, in the clinic, and in my life. Having
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invisible disability that are dynamic with infrequent cane use, I sometimes feel #ableism from within our disability community. With that here is a thread of all of the #DEHEMChat questions, if you haven’t answer yet feel more than free to answer during my takeover and I will
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A4: No, not right now. I feel disability is a legal issue only about accommodations in #academia. Racism is clearly wrong, but ableism is condoned becoming a traumatic event. I wish #AcademicTwitter and #HigherEd would listen to Disabled researchers and to partner with us in 1/
calling for change. Being disabled, we only have so many spoons. There is only so much each disability advocate can do and it should not be disabled scholars brought into toxic environments forced to change them. My free labor of disability advocacy needs to end leading to 2/
paying disability advocate and Disability Cultural Centers not being built on the backs of the blood, sweat, tears, and spoons of disability advocates. Every institution that mentions disability in their DEI statement needs to take a good hard look at if an equitable amount of 3/
Today will be the first of our Discussion sessions!
Take part using #DEHEMChat
NSF GRFP w/@DisabledStem 11am-12pm ET
Medical School w/@Disabled_Docs 12pm-1pm ET
Mentoring w/@nolan_syreeta 3pm-4pm ET
Personal Statements w/@AlzScience 4pm-5pm ET
#DEHEM
Take part using #DEHEMChat
NSF GRFP w/@DisabledStem 11am-12pm ET
Medical School w/@Disabled_Docs 12pm-1pm ET
Mentoring w/@nolan_syreeta 3pm-4pm ET
Personal Statements w/@AlzScience 4pm-5pm ET
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If you missed any of the chats, check this thread for all of the topics that were discussed.
