Anyone want to share their #AbleismTellsMe stories from the academy (or life) with us?
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#DisInHigherEd #CripTheAcademy #Ableism #AbleistAcademia
Anon 1
#AbleismTellsMe that spelling is equilivant to caring. Mispellings must mean Im stupid or dont care. #Dyslexia asks why people are more obsessed with letters than ideas
Anon 2
#AbleismTellsMe that I can't be successful without working 60 hours per week. The only way to be good enough is to work myself ragged to keep up
Anon 3
#AbleismTellsMe that my ability to do my job as a postdoc is tied to the ability to organize the way neurotypical people do. Ive spent 30+ years with my brain... I have solutions even if they dont look the same as yours
Anon 4
#AbleismTellsMe that my disabilities make me a better, more empathetic teacher and an asset to my school’s diversity programs, but Heaven forbid that I can’t simultaneously keep up with my fully abled peers, or that my disabilities inconvenience students.
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