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We'd also like to do a thread to introduce our amazing team!!

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#DisabilityRollCall
Introducing Alyssa (she/her) who runs @DisabledStem! Alyssa is a first-year grad student at Baylor College of Medicine and she has done amazing work with her Disabled In Stem platform!
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Introducing Amanda (she/her, @FairlyScience)! Amanda is a first-year PhD student at UCLA in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Graphic displaying an image and bio information. A blue bann
#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Ava (she/her, @Ava_Nicole23)! Ava is currently an MS student in Neuroscience. She has been a huge disabled self-advocate during her time in higher education and is passionate about diversity, inclusion, and equity in higher ed & STEM. #DEHEMRollCall Graphic displaying an image and bio information. A blue bann
#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Demarrius (he/him, @DemarriusYoung)! He is currently a laboratory technician in the Outcomes Lab of the Neuro-Oncology Branch (NOB) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
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#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Haley (she/her, @HaleyABranch)! She is a 4th year PhD candidate in botany at the University of British Columbia.
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#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Linda (she/they, @LindaCCor)! They are a 2nd year MSc by research student at University College Cork in Food Science.
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@LindaCCor Introducing Maya (she/her, @AlzScience), the ally on our team! Maya is a PhD Student in Biomedical Sciences at UC San Diego. Graphic displaying an image and bio information. A blue bann
#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Olivia (she/her, @NaturalistBerni), who made all these wonderful bio graphics and the schedule graphics!! Olivia decided after her bachelor to leave higher ed due to ableism and the barriers that disabled people face!
#DEHEM #DEHEMRollCall Graphic displaying an image and bio information. A blue bann
#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Sam (@samthej)! Sam is a Global Thought MA student at Columbia University with a background in development economics and indigenous rights advocacy.
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#DisabledRollCall
Introducing Syreeta (she/her, @nolan_syreeta)! Syreeta Nolan is a senior majoring in Psychology with a specialization in Human Health at the University of California San Diego.
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We also want to send a big shout out and thank you to our supporters who helped bring this month together -
Kaela (@kss_phd), Jonathan (@AcademicChatter) and Katherine (@superchiasmatic)! Much love!
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Oct 28, 2021
Okay let's talk accommodations! I am grateful to have mine which include working from home during the pandemic and having a research assistant because my #RheumatoidArthritis has hit me fast and furious. But for me, they weren't easy to get... Mainly on the medical side 1/
I live in #Houston, Texas that has the WORLD'S largest medical center in the world. I was required to do a Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) because my initial rheum said he wasn't qualified to say what my impairments were... 2/
We had several appointments where I described to him the things I could and could not do. He wouldn't even prescribe me a rollator to get around even though I needed one. I couldn't ambulate well and was in excruciating pain if I attempted 0.1mi walks. 3/
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Oct 28, 2021
So the first thread I want to do is tech/applications that have made my science easier and more accessible. Some of them are paid (not always accessible), but I'll try to offer a free version that I've used that may not be as great but worked for me. 1/
I'm not paid by any of these companies and I am welcome to be corrected/supplemented on any of these resources from people in the community. Because we work together, not separately!! So LET'S GO! 2/
Science is hard. And trying to keep track of all the literature can be a pain so I have some resources for that. The trifecta: @RsrchRabbit, @zotero, and Excel Splicer worksheet. 3/
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Oct 28, 2021
Hi, my friends! Today is my (@AlexisSMobley / she/her/hers) takeover! I'm running on #SpoonieTime, but we're also going to #ReclaimOurTime talking about accessibility and accommodations! 1/ A picture of Alexis Mobley, a Black woman, outside of a red
A little bit about me, I'm a doctoral researcher at @MDA_UTHGrad in the @NeuroMDAUTH and Immunology Programs. You can learn more about my research here:
I love the #NeuroImmunology research I do! 2/
I'm also a co-founder, President, and Treasurer of @BlackInImmuno where we amplify, celebrate, and support Black voices in immunology. 3/
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Oct 28, 2021
The first of the named stories we're sharing comes from @ChrisMillsRD.

We will be posting this story as a thread below, but if you'd prefer to read it as a blog, you can do that.
[blog post]
disabledinhighered.weebly.com/blog/fortunate
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I've been extremely fortunate to have had all my accommodation needs met in my undergrad studies, my master's, & now my doctoral studies.

​At all 3 universities, connecting with the accessibility office was easy, although getting the required paperwork did take time & money 2/
I'm fortunate to be supported by an amazing partner who has job security; so, I've been able to afford all the paperwork. All of my professors, except for one, have easily accepted my accommodations. 3/
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Oct 28, 2021
So I (@theADHDacademic) did a thing and made a website. It might be useful, it might very well not be. It's #ADHD centered, but I talk about accommodations and I've got more posts planned on #UDL and inclusion. My point is, if I've said anything helpful, it might be helpful too?
I cover things like how to register with the disability office: theadhdacademic.weebly.com/advice-as-a-le…
and how to talk to a professor who has denied your accommodation: theadhdacademic.weebly.com/advice-as-a-le…
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Oct 28, 2021
I have tweeted very little about #ADHD and accommodations during my time taking over this account. Maybe I should take some time to do that...
#ADHD is one of those conditions that a lot of people think they know about, but they really don't. They "know" one narrow experience of #ADHD and they still assume it's bad parenting or lack of effort or something we grow out of.
The stereotype of #ADHD hurts students. So many of them won't register for accommodations because they think it isn't serious, they don't know they can receive accommodations, they've internalized the ableist thought that they can work harder and tough it out.
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