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5 Oct, 8 tweets, 7 min read
We want to share our updated schedule (Last update promise!) Screen-reader version available [google doc] tinyurl.com/DEHEMFullSched…

We are so happy with the response so far & look forward to continuing our celebration of people with disabilities/ the disabled in Higher Ed! #DEHEM Graphic of the Disabled Emp...
Last week was our (half) week! This included our #DisabledRollCall/ #DEHEMRollCall, Diversity of Disciplines, discussions on NSF GRFP, mentors, medical school and personal statements and of course yesterdays awesome takeover with @codebiologist! #DEHEM
This week is Disability 101 & Intersectionality. We are looking forward to takeovers by @arianaelena97 (Tues), @nolan_syreeta (Wed) & @geomechCooke (Sat), our Fri discussion on Intersectionality, we're sharing our talk from @iscientistconf on How To Be a Good Ally & More!
Next week Is Campus Experiences: The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous and we'll have takeovers by @BrittGratreak (Wed), @sampson_dog (Thurs) and by an anon Professor. But before all that, we will also be having an event on disability & mental health with @DragonflyMH on the 11th!
The week of the 18th - we are talking employment and applications - Where are all the Disabled People?. We are so fortunate to have 2 awesome events with @IllimitableOrg that week and we'll also be having takeovers by @DemarriusYoung and @frias_daphne!
Finally for our last week, Disabling the Academy - It's time to claim our space! We'll have takeovers by @Okanlami, @_HarryPaul_ and @the_tweedy! as well as a panel on Self-advocacy and a disability pride day on the 31st!!
Woop! And just to mention, you can join in with #DisabledRollCall at any time & if you are not comfortable talking about your disability or your journey on a public platform, that's okay too. We have an anon stories form if you'd like to share[google form] forms.gle/5mmv6AEKCDsdAq…
We ran out of characters for all the cool stuff that happening in week 3 (the week of the 18th) and didn't mention our awesome panel with @BioDiverseFest (who's schedule is also being announced today!!!) that will be live-streamed on Youtube! #DEHEM #DisInHigherEd #DisFieldWork

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5 Oct
The disability community has many common terms/words that may not mean anything to newly disabled folx or allies. We've put together a list of some of these terms/equipment that people may regularly use! Disabled folx, let us know if we're missing any! #DEHEM #Disability101
1. Disability
There are many definitions for disability.
One of the most used is the CDC definition which has three dimensions to it:
1. Impairment
2. Activity limitation
3. Participation restrictions
This criterion is very broad/vague but this makes it slightly more inclusive.
However, this definition does not truly represent the dynamic nature of disability. Two people with the same type of disability can be affected in very different ways.

There is no one size fits all solution to anything got to do with disability.
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4 Oct
Big thank you to Dr Klusza for sharing his knowledge & experiences today! 👏👏

It was an amazing finish to our first (half) week of #DEHEM & we are feeling so grateful!

Make sure you look back on the threads today (we'll link below) &follow @codebiologist
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Thread 2 - Dr Klusza's journey [quoted tweet]
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4 Oct
For my last post, I wanted to thank everyone in @DisabledInHigherEd for this opportunity to speak on their behalf and to advocate for the disabled community. In short, there are many hard issues that we still face to this day. (1/10)
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4 Oct
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4 Oct
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4 Oct
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