If academia can't offer financial security, medical care, and benefits, it's not a real career track for disabled academics. I can't afford to move every year, change doctors every year, lose medical treatments every year. I'm not applying to any VAPs or adjunct positions. 1/5
I can't afford to keep neglecting my very real medical needs. I already did that for five years. I'm tired of unpaid labor that leads to dead ends. And I'm really tired of the general assumption that if you want to stay in you'll find a way. 2/5
I won't do it. I'll find something equally fulfilling that won't demand that I dig my own grave. And until we acknowledge that "staying in" and "staying competitive" are wildly ableist we won't have an equitable academy. 3/5
I can't just "keep writing" on the side of a full time job. Because being disabled in the US is already a full time job. I have to keep myself alive. I don't want to "stay relevant" by taking on labor that will not directly benefit me. 4/5
The academy already demands tons of work from disabled academics. We fight for our own access needs and we're always pulled into DEI work. For what? To be told that our labor is great if it's free but useless if we need a paid position? 5/5 #DisabilityTwitter #AcademicChatter
The most upsetting part is that by design, academia can be so accommodating. Summers for medical procedures. Flexible weekly schedules that match treatment plans. Writing that can be done from bed. The barriers we place purposefully negate these benefits.
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